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Updated: June 25, 2025
Job was struck with her voice, her changed miserable voice, and peered at her countenance from over his spectacles. "A sub-poena is neither more nor less than this, my dear.
She was fully conscious of everything this morning; it was evident that the stunning effect of the sub-poena, which had affected her so much last night in her weak, worn-out state, had passed away. Mary offered no opposition when she indicated by languid gesture and action that she wished to rise. A sleepless bed is a haunted place.
"I sent Johnson off before twelve to serve him with his sub-poena, and to say I wanted to speak with him; he'll be here soon, I've no doubt." There was a pause. Mr. Bridgnorth looked up again, and spoke. "Mr. Duncombe promised to be here to speak to his character. I sent him a sub-poena on Saturday night.
It only remained to bring forward a sufficient motive for the threat and the murder. The clue to this had been furnished by the policeman, who had overheard Jem's angry language to Mr. Carson; and his report in the first instance had occasioned the sub-poena to Mary. And now she was to be called on to bear witness.
"It's a sub-poena," he replied, turning the parchment over with the air of a connoisseur; for Job loved hard words, and lawyer-like forms, and even esteemed himself slightly qualified for a lawyer, from the smattering of knowledge he had picked up from an odd volume of Blackstone that he had once purchased at a bookstall. "A sub-poena what is that?" gasped Mary, still in suspense.
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