[The Iron Heel by Jack London]@TWC D-Link bookThe Iron Heel CHAPTER IV 11/26
At the office he had only professional feelings. "Should Jackson have received damages ?" I asked. "Certainly," he answered.
"That is, personally, I have a feeling that he should.
But that has nothing to do with the legal aspects of the case." He was getting his scattered wits slightly in hand. "Tell me, has right anything to do with the law ?" I asked. "You have used the wrong initial consonant," he smiled in answer. "Might ?" I queried; and he nodded his head.
"And yet we are supposed to get justice by means of the law ?" "That is the paradox of it," he countered.
"We do get justice." "You are speaking professionally now, are you not ?" I asked. Colonel Ingram blushed, actually blushed, and again he looked anxiously about him for a way of escape.
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