Stealing the Elf-King's Roses
Chapter One
All rise for the right honorable Charles Redpath, magistrate," said the bailiff,
"acting in and for the City and County of Los Angeles, in proceedings designated
DL-5745-27 and to be enacted this day, April 27, 2004, in the City and County
Circuit Court, session nine hundred and forty-five. Let all who desire Justice
draw near, and Justice shall be done them."
Lee was still always amazed that the last sentence of the "blurb" didn't cause a
rush for the doors. Nevertheless, everyone stayed where they were, and they all
stood up, and in a flurry of black silk robes over that brown tweed suit, here
came Charles out of his chambers and up the steps to the bench-a brisk, florid
little dark-haired man, running slightly to stoutness now, with a short bristly
mustache that could make him look extremely stern until he forgot himself and
smiled. But he rarely forgot himself in the courtroom, and when he did, people
were usually sorry afterward that they had tried to provoke the smile in the
first place, or expected it to indicate humor. Lee kept her face very straight,
and noticed that beside her, Gelert was for once no ... read full excerpt from: Stealing the Elf-King's Roses ebook
