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Seagrove premising that he had not only heard but also seen all that passed changing his voice, and suiting the action to the word, commenced. 'It may, said he, 'be called We shall not describe Mr. Seagrove's motions; they must be inferred from his words. "It will then, William," observed Mr.
Mr Vaughan," cried Cecilia Ossulton; "you know it came from your heart." "My dear Cecilia," said the elder Miss Ossulton, "you forget yourself what can you possibly know about gentlemen's hearts?" "The Bible says, 'that they are deceitful and desperately wicked, aunt." "And cannot we also quote the Bible against your sex, Miss Ossulton?" replied Seagrove.
Osmond Bright, senior member of Bright, Seagrove, and Bright, was invited to call upon Judge Orcutt in his chambers, and there received probably the worst lecture this eminent corporation lawyer ever took from any man. He blustered, of course, and defended his clients on the ground that they were taking a great risk with the title, which was unsound, etc., etc.
Upon which, Mr Seagrove premising that he had not only heard, but also seen all that passed changing his voice, and suiting the action to the word, commenced. "It may," said he, "be called: We shall not describe Mr Seagrove's motions; they must be inferred from his words.
"Pardon me, madam: the fact is," continued Seagrove, "that, as I always have to back Ponsonby's horses, he thought it right that, in this instance, I should back him; he required special pleading, but his uncle tried him for the capital offence, and he was not allowed counsel.
And off the judge went into another thorny speculation that would have made Bright, Seagrove, and Bright laugh, and they were not inclined to laugh either at or with Judge Orcutt these days. For in the words of the junior member, this old maid of a probate judge had cut them out of the fattest little piece of graft the office had seen in a twelvemonth!
The unfortunate Indian agent among the Creeks, Seagrove, speedily became an object of special detestation to the frontiersmen generally, and the inhabitants of the Tennessee country in particular, because he persistently reported that he thought the Creeks peaceable, and deemed their behavior less blameable than that of the whites.
"We were just about to retire, my lord," observed the elder Miss Ossulton, with great asperity: "I have been trying to catch the eye of Mrs Lascelles for some time, but " "I was looking another way, I presume," interrupted Mrs Lascelles, smiling. "I am afraid that I am the unfortunate culprit," said Mr Seagrove. "I was telling a little anecdote to Mrs Lascelles "
It was introduced there as a motion early in the fall term of court, the papers being presented to the judge by the junior member of the distinguished firm of B lawyers, Bright, Seagrove, and Bright.
The paper had been brought to him by young Bright, of Bright, Seagrove, and Bright a notable firm of lawyers, but not one famous for their charitable practice. Why should Bright, Seagrove, and Bright interest themselves in procuring the guardianship of a poor girl? Ah, it is to be feared that this is where the eminent counsel "fell down" badly, as young Bright said.
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