Fiddle-de-dee! He strains every nerve to get the man off.

A lawyer is hired to take the side of a company or a corporation in every quarrel.

He's paid by the year or by the case.

He probably stops to consider whether his company is right, doesn't he?
he works for justice, not for victory?
Oh, yes! stuff! He works for fees.

What's the meaning of a retainer?
That if, upon examination, the lawyer finds the retaining party to be in the right, he will undertake the case?
Fiddle! no! but that he will undertake the case any how and fight it through.