Before putting the case to the jury, he spoke to them for some

time in a pleasant, homely manner, explaining that burglary was

burglary and theft was theft, and that stealing from a place

which was under lock and key was stealing from a place under lock

and key. While he was explaining this, he looked several times at

Nekhludoff as if wishing to impress upon him these important

facts, in hopes that, having understood it, Nekhludoff would make

his fellow-jurymen also understand it. When he considered that