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You've offered a reward for any information that would lead to the solution of that mystery about Braden and the other man, Collishaw." "Of a thousand pounds yes!" replied the solicitor, looking at his visitor with still more curiosity, mingled with expectancy. "Can you give any?" Glassdale pulled out the two handbills which he had obtained from Bryce.
Coombes is at work upon Sir Lucien's papers. His life was a bit of a mystery. He seems to have had no relations living, and I can't find that he even employed a solicitor." "Ye'll be sairchin' for yon Egyptian?" "The servant? Yes. We'll have him by the morning, and then we shall know who Kazmah is. Meanwhile, in which of the offices is Kazmah hiding?"
"And the first consequence is that I now formally demand an adjournment of this inquest, sine die." "On what grounds, sir?" demanded the Coroner. "To permit me to bring evidence from America," replied Petherton, with a side glance at Marston Greyle. "Evidence already being prepared." The Coroner hesitated, looked at Greyle's solicitor, and then turned sharply to the jury.
"What makes you think that?" she asked. "How should he have known, otherwise, that Mr. Merriman was Sir Percival's solicitor?" I rejoined. "Besides, when I followed you out of the luncheon-room, he told me, without a single word of inquiry on my part, that something had happened. Depend upon it, he knows more than we do." "Don't ask him any questions if he does.
As a solicitor, I should advise you " "When I say murderer," continued Brent, "I'm perhaps wrong. I might and no doubt ought to use the plural. Murderers! I believe that more than one of your rascally Corporation conspired to murder my cousin! And I'm going to have no blood-stained hypocrites processing after his coffin! You tell 'em to keep away!" "I had better withdraw," said the Town Clerk.
It is not well that her very thoughts go into the hands of strangers." I went on with my part of the work, and in another half hour had found the name and address of Mrs. Westenra's solicitor and had written to him. All the poor lady's papers were in order. Explicit directions regarding the place of burial were given.
Don't interrupt me. Believing you were dead I made a new will and left everything to your son." She drew a paper from under the bedclothes. "Here it is. Burn it up. The other one is in the hands of my solicitor in London." Quincy laid the will upon the bed. "Aunt Ella, I shall not burn the will nor destroy it. I am satisfied with the disposition of your fortune.
Then, seeing a shareholder close to the door get up, thought: 'Who's that? I know his face Ah! yes; Ventnor, the solicitor he's one of the chairman's creditors that are coming again this afternoon. What now? "I can't agree that we ought to let sentiment interfere with our judgment in this matter. The question is simply: How are our pockets going to be affected?
Jameson for the purpose of finding out details of the prisoners and wounded of the force, but made no further inquiries. Dr. Jameson's solicitor wrote to the Colonial Office on March 5: MY DEAR FAIRFIELD, You have probably seen the cable that has come to the Diggers' News, giving the lie direct to Sir John Willoughby's statement respecting terms of surrender.
As for Dick, he had already received Humphreys' assurance that he would keep in touch with Mrs Maitland, and see, in conjunction with his friend Graham, the solicitor, that she came to no harm; therefore he had few fears for her immediate future; while, for the rest, he was confident that before his mother's little capital became exhausted he would have found means to replenish it.
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