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She visited at Jersey Street, and saw Wrent, and as Vrain was then with her in the character of her husband, she'll be able to tell us if they are two men or one person." "You are right, Link. I never thought of that." "He! he! Then I can still teach you something," replied Link, in high good humour at having for once scored off the too clever barrister, and forthwith went off to see Mrs. Clear.
It does not follow because an individual knows Greek or mathematics, is an architect, a veterinary surgeon, a doctor, or a barrister, that he is endowed with a special intelligence of social questions.
How does his Japanese nationality elucidate an utterly useless and purposeless murder?" "I don't know, Mr. Brett." "Unless I am much mistaken, you will learn to-night. Holden is nearly due." The barrister resumed his stalk round the room. In another minute he stopped to glance at his watch. "Half-past seven," he murmured. "Just time to get a message through to Whitby, and perhaps a reply."
There is another class of dreams very useful, and apparently not so very uncommon, that are veracious and communicate correct information, which the dreamer did not know that he knew and was very anxious to know. These are rare enough to be rather difficult to believe. Thus: Mr. A., a barrister, sat up one night to write letters, and about half-past twelve went out to put them in the post.
The stakes were a million dollars and the forfeit nothing. As I looked around the little office and at the weazened old barrister before me, something of the fascination of the law took hold of me. "I rather think I should like to study law myself," I remarked. He looked at me out of the corners of his bead-like little eyes. "And break your gran'ther's will, mebbe?" he inquired slyly.
He had himself become part of the grey monotony that surrounds all cities. There was no necessity for this it was only rather convenient to his father. Mr. Elliot was a barrister. In appearance he resembled his son, being weakly and lame, with hollow little cheeks, a broad white band of forehead, and stiff impoverished hair.
Under the circumstances, his sudden withdrawal from the world was not an occasion for universal regret. "Well, Hill, have you heard the news?" inquired Mr. Tite of the barrister, whom he encountered in Middle Temple Lane on the morning after the engineer's death. "Have you heard that died yesterday of apoplexy?" "I can't say," was the rejoinder, "that I shall shed many tears for his loss.
The countess read it with huge satisfaction, and, re-sealing it, gave it herself into her son's hands. It promised a happy solution of the problem. In imagination, she had all the night been listening to a vulgar breach of promise case. She herself had been submitted to a most annoying cross-examination by a pert barrister.
The attorney called immediately, but the barrister contented himself with writing to the effect that as he had put in an appeal my seizure was illegal, and that damages might be recovered. He ended by begging me to give him a free hand, and to have patience for a few days. Manon Baletti sent her brother with her diamond earrings.
But I am more sorry to tell Kilsip." "The detective? Good God, Calton, surely you will not do so!" "I must," replied the barrister, quietly. "Kilsip is firmly persuaded that Moreland committed the crime, and I have the same dread of his pertinacity as you had of mine. He may find out all." "What must be, must be," said Fitzgerald, clenching his hands.
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