At any rate it would be worthy of your consideration." "But why have you not come to me before ?" I inquired.

"You have seen me in Court every day.

Why do you wait until the case is at an end ?" "Because we wanted to be quite sure of you," he answered.

"Our case is so large and of such vital importance to us, that we did not desire to run any risk of losing you.

We thought we would wait and familiarize ourselves with all that you have done in this affair before coming to you.