[Mr. Meeson’s Will by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookMr. Meeson’s Will CHAPTER XIX 6/13
He had been to speak to his brother. Augusta being a novelist, and therefore a professional student of human physiognomy, was engaged in studying the legal types before her, which she found resolved themselves into two classes--the sharp, keen-faced class and the solid, heavy-jawed class. "Who on earth are they all ?" she asked. "Oh," he said, "that's the Attorney-General.
He appears with Fiddlestick, Q.C., Pearl, and Bean for the defendant Addison.
Next to him is the Solicitor-General, who, with Playford, Q.C., Middlestone, Blowhard, and Ross, is for the other defendant, Roscoe.
Next to him is Turphy, Q.C., with the spectacles on; he is supposed to have a great effect on a jury.
I don't know the name of his junior, but he looks as though he were going to eat one--doesn't he? He is for one of the legatees.
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