hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. (c) It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstances to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to break forth. It must be confessed, it will be confessed; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.
COMMENT
It should be noted that the speech divides nicely into three divisions, opening, body, and conclusion. The opening states why the advocate appears in the case, and what kind of a case it is. The body deals with a description of the murdered man, the manner in which the assassin gains
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