He took the table in his confidence with a gesture and a look.
"That suggests to me a consideration which seems overlooked," said he.
"The interest of our client goes certainly before all, but the world does not come to an end with James Stewart." Whereat he cocked his eye.
"I might condescend, _exempli gratia_, upon a Mr.George Brown, a Mr.
Thomas Miller, and a Mr.David Balfour.

Mr.David Balfour has a very good ground of complaint, and I think, gentlemen--if his story was properly red out--I think there would be a number of wigs on the green." The whole table turned to him with a common movement.
"Properly handled and carefully red out, his is a story that could scarcely fail to have some consequence," he continued.

"The whole administration of justice, from its highest officer downward, would be totally discredited; and it looks to me as if they would need to be replaced." He seemed to shine with cunning as he said it.

"And I need not point out to ye that this of Mr.Balfour's would be a remarkable bonny cause to appear in," he added.
Well, there they all were started on another hare; Mr.Balfour's cause, and what kind of speeches could be there delivered, and what officials could be thus turned out, and who would succeed to their positions.

I shall give but the two specimens.