Her husband died suddenly last October--he was poisoned, she firmly believed--and, of course, she came home at once." "What was Mr.Lester's business, or profession ?" "He was a barrister.

I do not mean that he practised in the Consular courts.

He was making his way in England, but was offered some sort of appointment in Shanghai.

The post was so lucrative that he relinquished a growing connection at the bar.

I have never really understood what he did.