Hopeless Night: Day 5

Word Count: 30,019

Summary of Events:
Part 2: Sunset
Chapter 9:
Magnus met with his lawyer, Herr Dichter, and told Herr Dichter his testimony and Herr Dichter showed Magnus that the outlook wasn't really as bleak as Magnus had thought it was. Emma tried to help Josepha in the kitchen, but she got mad at Emma.
Chapter 10:
Magnus listened to Georg's testimony and the subsequent questioning which revealed quite a few holes in Georg's testimony, but Georg managed to patch them up rather quickly. Emma was staying out of the kitchen to be out of the way of Josepha and ended up talking with her father about Josepha.

Excerpt of the Day:
""I do," Herr Dichter replied. "Herr Kenner, you told Herr Hahn that you may or may not have seen a person in the woods. Unfortunately, Herr Hahn was not clear as to when and at what vantage he was asking you about when he asked you about seeing this person; and in your answer, what vantage were you at, and when, when you may or may not have seen this person?"
"I was referring to after lunch when we'd espied the deer," Georg replied.
"Now, Euer Gnaden, I do believe that we must ask a key question that — unfortunately, it appears — we have neglected to answer the question: when was the manservant shot?" Her Dichter asked. "Does it correspond to this time when the deer was shot at by the Kenner brothers? Was it sooner? Was it later? It seems that we have all very grossly erred in assuming that the manservant was shot at the same time that the brothers were shooting at the this deer, when it could very well be that such was not the case. I am honestly appalled at myself for having not realized that we needed to established what time this manservant was killed in comparison to when this deer was shot at instead of assuming the two were at the same time."
The judge nodded. "A gross error indeed."
"In fact, Euer Gnaden," Herr Dichter went on. There is nothing that says that — if it is indeed that the manservant was killed after the brothers shot at the deer — that the man that Herr Kenner may or may not have seen too the arrow belonging to the accused and used it to shoot this manservant after it'd gone astray — regardless of which brother ended up shooting it; as we've already established that the brothers could well have mixed up their arrows because of their opposite dominant sides. Because of that, I would like to call Councillor Hausierer back to the stand for further questioning."
Georg left the stand and Councillor Hausierer returned to the stand. A valid option indeed, Magnus had to say. He never would've thought of it. Magnus watched as Georg left the stand, but he noticed that Georg's face was clouded with anger. Why was Georg mad? What was going on with Georg?
There was no way Georg could possibly want him to be convicted, could there? He turned back to face Herr Dichter, who'd begun question Councillor Hausierer, disturbed by the fact that he couldn't solidly ascertain a positive answer.
For all Magnus knew Georg could well want him to be hung. But why? Magnus couldn't imagine. It probably was related to Georg's irritability — not that Magnus knew the source of that either.
But if Georg wanted him to be hung then Georg could well be lying. Magnus sighed and looked up at Councillor Hausierer as he gave his answer, his jowls vibrating worse than a rooster's comb and wattle whenever it moved its head. Magnus had no answers. All he had was confusion, and he desperately wished he could climb out of it and find the answers."

Dichter: dickter
Hahn: hahnh
Euer Gnaden: ooyer nahden
Hausierer: howzee-errer