Mr Justice Silent
Character
Also appears as: Alderman Silent
Brother beak to Shallow and practitioner of judicial economy. Says little, sits heavily, and later doubles as coroner when Sir Hearty Luncheon requires an accidental doom.
Appears in
- Helix Folt, the Conservative chapters:
- Pretty Poli chapters:
Connections
Meets
- Helix Folt ← tried before (1 passage)
Attends
- Magistrates Court presides at (1 passage)
Linguistic associations
- epoché practises (1 passage)
Uses
- Schoolroom chalk uses (1 passage)
From the books (3 passages)
…at the Magistrates Court, conveniently located just up the road from the Bearpit, with Messrs Justices Shallow and Silent presiding. Mr Justice Shallow had by the quaffing of a great quantity of port rendered his complexion exceedingly florid, and had by the generous application of schoolroom chalk rendered his chin surpassing blue. Mr Justice Shallow having by the identical methods achieved a comparable floridness of complexion and blueness of chin,…
…course of their deliberations over the judging and sentencing of the case before them, Mr Justice Shallow and Mr Justice Silent quite properly bracketed away each in his own private epoché those susceptibilities and peccadilloes of which each privately confessed himself in the possession regarding the charms of Ms. Dunya Taggartova, before settling down to what was, the absorption of considerable amounts of fortifying spirits notwithstanding, a sober and serious…
After a condign interval, Messrs Shallow and Silent and Perroquet saw fit to hear the case. Everyone rose, whereupon, although Mr Justice Silent kept his counsel, Mr Justice Shallow was heard to ask