Preview: Part II, Chapter 3
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Start: Mr. Attorney-General had to inform the jury
Stop after: the baffled blue-flies were dispersing in search of other carrion.
The prosecution now assembles its case against Charles Darnay through witnesses, documents, and confident rhetoric. What each witness directly knows differs from what an advocate asks the jury to infer.
Small visual details matter in this courtroom. Cross-examination tests the distance between confident testimony and reliable knowledge.