As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident, all except the Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court.
Assim que os jurados havia se recuperado do choque de terem sido derrubados, e suas louças e gizes haviam sido encontrados e entregues, eles começaram a trabalhar de modo diligente a escrever sobre a história do acidente, exceto a parte do Lagarto, o qual parecia muito cansado para fazer qualquer coisa além de sentar com sua boca aberta, encarando o teto da corte.