Chapter 48
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(Tancredi)
‘The floor to Mr Tancredi’, snorts Pisani.
The presiding judge is a conscientious judge, but personally tired of the slowness of court pleadings. After having suffered De Nicola and Riccardo, he will now have to spend the next few minutes doing the same with me.
Especially faced with the fact that he already imagines that I’ll repeat Riccardo’s speech word for word. He adjusts his titanium-framed glasses and leans his elbows on the table.
‘Thank you, Your Honour. Honourable members of the court, the Public Prosecutor, Dr De Nicola, has given us, as defence lawyers, several signs of his esteem. Allow me to give him one of my own. He too has succeeded in an extraordinary achievement. In fact, it’s the first time, I’ve heard a Public Prosecutor so bold
