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This keen, aggressive young barrister had driven him into a corner from which he escaped only by merest chance. He knew James Bansemer for what he was. It had not been his fault that the man crawled through a small avenue of technicalities and avoided the punishment that had seemed so certain. He had waged war bitterly against the blackmailer, and he missed complete victory by a hair's breadth.
Riddell asked a well-known barrister, who at that time dabbled a little in literature, and who has since risen to fame and to a knighthood, to favour us with a song. He was an innocent young man in those days, and tried to excuse himself. "Now, Mr. C ," said Mrs. Riddell, "I know you have brought some music with you, so you must get it and do as I wish."
Hardy's, and spending the rest in traveling. Ethel was married the year after Hubert to a rising barrister in London. Everything prospered at Mount Pleasant, and at the sale it was broken up into lots and fetched rather a larger sum than Mr. Hardy had calculated. Mr. Hardy's own plan had been fully carried out, but by the end of the ten years he began to wish for a quiet town life.
"Perhaps," said the barrister. "What is it you want?" "I want a cigarette. They won't let me smoke. Surely to goodness, a cigarette won't hurt my arm." The barrister turned a questioning glance towards the male nurse in charge of the patient, but the man did not understand what had been said.
But yesterday night a word from him might have made her his; and here she sat advocating the nobility of his nature with the zeal of a barrister in full swing of practice. Remember, however, that a kiss separates them: and how many millions of leagues that counts for in love, in a pure girl's thought, I leave you to guess. Now, in what way was Evan to be thanked? how was he to be treated?
"My good friend," said Desroches in his ear, "I have come to see if you can procure at once twenty-five thousand francs plus two thousand six hundred and eighty for costs." "Are you acting for Cerizet?" asked the barrister. "Cerizet has put all the papers into the hands of Louchard, and you know what you have to expect if arrested.
The speaker, whose name was understood to be Leigh, then requested a cheer for the actors, to show that no disrespect was intended them. The cheer was given immediately. A barrister of the name of Smythe then rose to crave another hearing for Mr. Kemble. The manager stood forth again, calm, unmoved, and severe. "Ladies and gentlemen," said he, "I wait here to know your wishes." Mr.
JOHN B. DILLON. Barrister; thirty-two years of age; five feet eleven inches in height; dark hair; dark eyes; thin sallow face; rather thin black whiskers; dressed respectable; has bilious look.
"Had he been present," said the young barrister, "his powers of reasoning would have frightened away the captious objections" to that course, "and the Catholics of Ireland would again have to thank their old and useful servant for the preservation of their honour and the support of their interests."
The room was well-ventilated but Andrew Wilmore felt suddenly hot and choking. A woman, one of the little group of newcomers, glanced towards Francis curiously. "Francis Ledsam, the criminal barrister," her companion whispered, "the man who got Oliver Hilditch off. The man with him is Andrew Wilmore, the novelist. Discussing a case, I expect."
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