Then he collapsed completely.
The jury returned a verdict of “Guilty.” Michel Raudszus was sentenced to five years penal servitude.
At the same moment, when the president pronounced the sentence of the law, a mocking laugh resounded through the court. It proceeded from Meyerhofer. He had got up in his chair and stretched out his maimed hand towards Douglas, as if he wanted to fly at his throat.
As he was carried out of court, he continually cried out,
“They hang the insignificant incendiaries, but the powerful ones are allowed to go scot-free.”
The uncanny laughter of the helpless man resounded through the wide passages.
CHAPTER XVI.
Winter came and went.... The heath was covered with snow and became green again.... The ranunculus lifted up their golden heads.... The juniper sent forth its tender shoots, and the warble of the lark sounded from out the blue sky.