Called again for another panel, but did not pass voir dire again

I was called up before lunch, on a criminal matter this time. I liked the judge a lot; he was exceedingly polite to all the jurors and took great care to explain everything. The judge asked a series of questions; when I responded affirmatively to a couple of them, I was questioned further in private, and then the counsel for both sides conferred with the judge and decided they didn't want me on the panel. I was the first potential juror released. I didn't blame them in the least, given my answers.

So, back to the jury room again. I pulled out The Children of Hurin and spent a pleasant afternoon immersed in its pages. We were released at 4:00 to go home.

A couple of quotations from Jane's big brother

Oh, I like these. I got them from the blog Jane Austen Quote of the Day (which I have syndicated as j_austen_quotes). They are by James Austen, Jane's older brother, from The Loiterer, a journal he edited and published while he was at Oxford. (It seems he considered himself the writer in the family, though his sister Jane would eventually outstrip him.)

"The world will forgive an author's being a little dull, provided he does not pretend to be very witty."

and

"Of all chymical mixtures, ink is the most dangerous."