This was my reply: I refuse, positively, to part with my child." "No more like that ?" "No more." Mr.Sarrazin looked at his client with undisguised admiration.

"The only time in all my long experience," he said, "in which I have found a lady's letter capable of expressing itself strongly in a few words.

What a lawyer you will make, Mrs.Linley, when the rights of women invade my profession!" He put his hand into his pocket and produced a letter addressed to himself.
Watching him anxiously, the ladies saw his bright face become overclouded with anxiety.

"I am the wretched bearer of bad news," he resumed, "and if I fidget in my chair, that is the reason for it.

Let us get to the point--and let us get off it again as soon as possible.