"I know your sensitive nature; I know what I felt myself when this dreadful discovery burst upon me.

If you remember, I said I should horrify you.
Take your time, my dear sir--pray take your time." To be encouraged in this way--as if he was the emotional client, and Mrs.Gallilee the impassive lawyer--was more than even Mr.Mool could endure.

Shy men are, in the innermost depths of their nature, proud men: the lawyer had his professional pride.

He came out of his flowery retreat, with a steady countenance.

For the first time in his life, he was not afraid of Mrs.Galilee.
"Before we enter on the legal aspect of the case--" he began.
"The shocking case," Mrs.Gallilee interposed, in the interests of Virtue.
Under any other circumstances Mr.Mool would have accepted the correction.