He did not respond when the judge harangued him, would look at none of the evidence against him, and pretended to go to sleep.

法官拿不出什么证据，只是喋喋不休地向他发问，而他则假装睡着，以沉默应答。

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Order was maintained with a regimen of beatings and whippings, and, later, at the motels they shared, Michael saw his father disappearing with new female acquaintances, and pretended to sleep when his older brothers brought groupies back to the rooms they shared.

NEWYORKER: The Pale King