Andrea paid no attention to the successive charges which were brought against him. M. de Villefort, who examined him attentively, and who no doubt pra...ticed upon him all the psychological studies he was accustomed to use, in vain endeavored to make him lower his eyes, notwithstanding the depth and profundity of his gaze. At length the reading of the indictment was ended."Accused," said the president, "your name and surname?" Andrea arose. "Excuse me, Mr. President," he said, in a clear voice,. Then they mixed something andI was told to sit very still. For the next hour the beautician pokedthings against my eyelashes and held them for a few moments, and Ibecame aware of eyelashes getting heavier and longer, at least on my toplids. Then she painted them several times, and I had to open and shut myeyes as instructed, each time I was aware of the length of the lashes,which she finally fitted in some device to curl them upwards."I've done your eyebrows to match?you'll need to come in. Our plan was we would switch room no. plates with the mine and as our rooms are adjacent and the pavement very long, one could easily mistake my room for her boyfriend’s. When she would open the door, it would be completely dark.Suddenly one of us would switch on the lights, and boom!! She would be stunned!! I still remember the date 12th January, we switched the room number plates after battling with it for about two hours. Smriti sneaked in just to join us on the fun.It was near about 2 am. Then I realized what the problem was. I would have expected any policeofficer first on the scene of an emergency landing like ours to lookfirst at the plane and then at us, but he didn't. It was as if the planeheld no interest for him - as if he expected it to be there and hadalready dismissed it as part of the background. Instead he focused onus. "Mr. Williams?" he addressed me."How... how do you know who I am?" I stammered."We received your pilot's distress call," he explained. "We've.