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. As an, antidote,.to the assistant
ourthouse on Cadman Plaza
U.S.attorney, they have'chosen
Brooklyn.
Michael Kennedy, Flannery's law-
:The mostly .older Irishmer and
yer,as theirchampion.Kennedy.is
Irishwomen who, with fierce devo.
middle-aged, with wavy, coppery-
tion, fill the gallery of Judge Joseph
red hair, a ruddy complexion, and an
McLaughlin's courtroom each. day
eagle's threatening gaze. He can Le
have christenedthe seven defense
.: sterm and ceremonious, in'a priestly
lawyers “the Beyond-the-Pale-De-
way, -at one moment, and warm,
fense Team” -“the Pale” being
ironic and poetic the next.He is able
those lands (Dublin and its environs)
to tum.quickly and masterfuly from
that first fell under.English domina-
: courtly to funny to furious, and no
tion in the12th:Century, and "be--
matter‘which face he assumes,he
yond the Pale," Gaelic-speaking.
manages to communicate a sense of
Ireland.Tshirts-sold during
outrage.-- anoutrage that,-if Flan-
breaks in ·the proceedings.-.eele-.
,nery feels at all, his deeply in-
bratethenewidentityofthe.law-
grained'stoicism doesn't allow him to
yers, all'of whom are.working:
display — that,his'client, 80 years
without a,fee....
old as the.trial begins, has been.
Assistant'U. S'Attormey ·David.
brought: before this court.
Kirby bas been branded."the Wea-
We're jn great shape withyour
sel."- Kirby is young, capable, and
"man Kennedy at the helm,” one of
feryent in' his prosecution; he is also.
the stalwarts brags.."
tough, testy as an irascible cat,,and
-- : "Did you'ever see a more distin-
with his delicately trimmed,
guished gentleman?" another asks.
dirty-blond beard--'fittinghimself
"Isn't he gorgeous?
to'a pre-cast niche in the collective
""Oh, Kurrby,"'trills,a third,
nconscious, of the “stalwarts,” the.
"you've met your match in Michael
place of the.persecutor., .1.
Kennedy.".
"“Kurrby,”the'stalwarts.mutter,
- And so,pwith all the players in
as if it were a curse..'.
their places, the stage has been set
“Kurrby's workin' at the behest'of
fer Flannery to rise from the great
Her Majesty's government,7 they.
raiftoftheGefense table towhich he,
grumbie....
“Oh, Kurrby and his insinuatin”
questions!" they cry. "Kurrby's'a
cleverhead on his shoulders.Thank
God, he's .such.a. great. and. lovely.
bore.”.--

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