"You!--with your knowledge of criminal proceedings! Oh, come now, Mr.Brereton--it's very kind of you, very Quixotic, as I call it, but----" "You shall see," said Brereton and turned off.

He had no mind to be more than civil to Pett, and he frowned when Pett, in his eagerness, laid a detaining hand on his gown.

"I'm not going to discuss it, Mr.Pett," he added, a little warmly.

"I've my own view of the case." "But, but, Mr.Brereton--a moment!" urged Pett.

"Just between ourselves as--well, not as lawyers but as--as one gentleman to another.