They sat down, one on one side of the round centre table, and one on the other, and Junius began his statement.
He was by profession a lawyer, and he had given a great deal of attention to the art of putting things plainly, and with a view to a just effect.

He had carefully prepared in his mind what he should say to Roberta.

He wished to present this man's message without the slightest exhibition of desire for its success, and yet without any tendency to that cold-blooded way of stating it, to which Croft had objected.

He had, indeed, picked up his adversary's sword, and while he did not wish, in handing it to him, to prick him with it, or do him some such underhand injury, he did not think it at all necessary to sharpen the weapon before giving it back.
What Junius had to say occupied a good deal of time.

He expressed himself carefully and deliberately; and as nearly as a skilfully stuffed and prepared animal in a museum resembles its wild original of the forest, so did his remarks resemble those that Lawrence would have made had he been there.