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 * -The Judge and The Mirror-**

This is the chapter when Ed has to go to the trial of the man who held up the bank

Ed rocks up at the courtroom in his Taxi uniform, the trial came came up a lot quicker than he was expecting. When he walks into the courtroom see's the robber, who Ed quotes "is even uglier without his mask on", at the instance when their eyes meet, Ed knows that he wants to kill him and he can see the anger on his face. The judge calls Ed to the stand and starts asking him questions, Ed answeres in his usual smarty-pants manner, the judge is impartial to this and Ed can tell that the judge wished he could put him on trial as well. On the way out the robber yells at him "you're a dead man, you just wait. Remember what im telling you. Remember it every day you look in the mirror... A dead man" Ed tries to ignore this but its sticks with him and makes him uneasy. When he gets to his cab and looks in the rear view mirror he thinks about his life, of his non-existant accomplichments and his incompetence. He thinks how the robber said he's a dead man, and he thinks that the robber "isn't too far wrong"

- he is so lazy he wont even dress up for court - he has no respect even for the judge. lacks courtesy and common sence - the robbers abuse does make him remember. Now everytime he looks in the mirror he see's, (in a hypothetical way) that he is a dead man with no ambition no accomplishments, he is a lifeless person
 * What do we learn about Ed?**

Maidie Dawson