Somebody is out to break you, Laura. But you came through it well, he said gently. The rest of the time she sat jabbering away in that weirdgobbledygook that nobody can interpret. Sheprayed that Bernie and she would survive the Depression without thedesperation that was afflicting so many.
Within thirty minutes the big black studio car had picked her up anddelivered her to the lot. But Laura trembled atthe realization that her father's life was in the hands of those elevengrim-faced men and one seemingly sympathetic woman who had retired tothe jury room. In a few minutes. Forty sounded like a death knell.
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