Now there are one or two things I should like to ask you--about Shakespeare--" She drew out her small, worn volume with some difficulty, opened it, and shook it in the air.

"They say, nowadays, that Shakespeare was a lawyer.

They say, that accounts for his knowledge of human nature.

There's a fine example for you, Mr.Denham.Study your clients, young man, and the world will be the richer one of these days, I have no doubt.

Tell me, how do we come out of it, now; better or worse than you expected ?" Thus called upon to sum up the worth of human nature in a few words, Ralph answered unhesitatingly: "Worse, Mrs.Cosham, a good deal worse.