The Chaff brook is all mine and the Bran rises in his woodlands." "Will he appeal the case or reopen it now your uncle is dead ?" Tanno queried.
"There is no possibility of appeal," I said, "or of reopening.

The case is closed and I have won it forever.

And all thanks to Agathemer.

But for Agathemer, Ducconius would have won the final hearing as he had won all the intermediate appeals.

His defeat after so many victories has embittered him more than if we had won every time and he hates me worse than ever.
"The only unpleasant feature for me is that the tenant of the farm so long in dispute cannot be ousted.