When the session ended and the lights went down, the witness gathered his papers and stood up just two feet from Tim, who still occupied the seat Mrs. Potter had decided to pass up for an afternoon’s shopping. Full of anger and a certain relief, as if he could now shed a cloak that had made him itch unbearably, Cohn stepped up to Tim’s left ear and whispered: “If your soldier-boy boss isn’t careful, he may find that his balls go the way of his legs.” Not waiting for McCarthy, he exited the room. Tim said nothing, just stood there breathing a little hard over the first words Cohn had ever
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