Strongfist. Of course we can’t. Let us six fight the other six. That will settle it.
O’Rourke. True for yez. A fray fight. I’m wid yer. (About to remove his coat.)
Precise. Silence. There can be no fighting here. You all want to speak. I will call upon each juror, giving both sides equal advantages of time and opportunity. Is not that fair?
All. Certainly. Of course. Go on. Go on.
Precise. Very well. I will first call upon Mr. Timorous.
Timorous (rising). Mr. Foreman, and gentlemen of the jury. (Very low.) I rise——I may say——yes, I rise——
O’Rourke. Louder.
Strongfist. Speak up like a man.
Timorous. I said——I rise——to say, if I may say——I rise to say——