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If ever a great man was guilty in appearance, the Baron de Heidelmann-Bruck was that guilty great man! "I insist on saying " he burst out finally, but the judge cut him short. "You will be heard presently, sir. Call the next witness." The girl withdrew, casting a last fond look at her lover, and the clerk's voice was heard summoning M. Pougeot.
Then slowly in awe-struck tones he read from the great authority on French titles: BARON FELIX RAOUL DE HEIDELMANN-BRUCK, only son of the Baron Georges Raoul de Heidelmann-Bruck, upon whom the title was conferred for industrial activities under the Second Empire. B. Jan. 19, 1863. Lieutenant in the 45th cuirassiers, now retired. Has extensive iron and steel works near St. Etienne.
The Baron de Heidelmann-Bruck! He had dropped in in a dilettante spirit to hear the spirited debate, and the judges were greatly honored. Alas for the baron! It was surely some sinister prompting that brought him here to-day, so coldly complacent as he nodded to the presiding judge, so quietly indifferent as he glanced at the prisoner through his single eyeglass.
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