Chapter 25

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌⁠The summer that followed the People's Bank failure was one of those uncompromising summers that arrive in May and depart only with the last leaf in October. The river dwindling to a feeble stream staggered between distant banks, and the countryside lay parched and panting beneath an unrelenting sun.

In the city Noah Wicker toiled laboriously over his first case which had been granted a rehearing, a