One of them formerly practiced, I believe, in the Scotch courts.

It has just occurred to me that the chance is worth trying." "Will you let me know if you succeed ?" Randal asked.
The lawyer took his hand at parting.

"You seem to be almost as anxious about it as I am," he said.
"To tell you the truth, I am a little alarmed when I think of Catherine.
If there is another long delay, how do we know what may happen before the law has confirmed the mother's claim to the child?
Let me send one of the servants here to wait at your club.

Will you give him a line telling me when the trial is likely to take place ?" "With the greatest pleasure.

Good-night." Left alone, Randal sat by the fireside for a while, thinking of the future.