"Forcibly put, Mr.Balfour," says he.

"A weighty observe, sir." "We have next to ask ourselves if it will be good for King George," I pursued.

"Sheriff Miller appears pretty easy upon this; but I doubt you will scarce be able to pull down the house from under him, without his Majesty coming by a knock or two, one of which might easily prove fatal." I gave them a chance to answer, but none volunteered.
"Of those for whom the case was to be profitable," I went on, "Sheriff Miller gave us the names of several, among the which he was good enough to mention mine.

I hope he will pardon me if I think otherwise.

I believe I hung not the least back in this affair while there was life to be saved; but I own I thought myself extremely hazarded, and I own I think it would be a pity for a young man, with some idea of coming to the bar, to ingrain upon himself the character of a turbulent, factious fellow before he was yet twenty.