How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
The Voice went on—a high clear voice:
“You are charged with the following indictments…” (3.54)
Because the actual law can’t charge all the people sitting in the room, this voice (a.k.a. Justice Wargrave) will charge them in its own court. Noticeably absent: defense counsel or a jury.
Quote #2
“Oh yes, I believe it. Wargrave murdered Edward Seton all right, murdered him as surely as if he’d stuck a stiletto through him! But he was clever enough to do it from the judge’s seat in wig and gown. So in the ordinary way you can’t bring his little crime home to him.” (7.117)
It’s pretty ironic that they’re talking about how Wargrave’s crime can’t come home to him when they’ve all committed crimes that can’t come home to them. Irony #2: Seton was guilty, so Wargrave is actually the only “innocent” person on the island. (For now.)
Quote #3
“And therefore another kind of soldier. The Unknown Soldier! X! Mr. Owen! U.N. Owen! One Unknown Lunatic at Large!” (7.156)
They may all be criminals, but they don’t consider themselves to be real hardened criminal lunatics. As Lombard points out, though, this U.N. Owen person is definitely a crazy madman—and they’re going to hunt him down.