What I have to say is this: You are a fool if you think that you or I can ever extort money from Ralph Mainwaring.

He would give no credence whatever to anything that you might say, and if once my identity were revealed to him, he would go through fire and blood rather than that one shilling of his should ever become mine." "And what do you propose to do ?" he asked, sullenly.

"Do you intend to give up the game ?" "Give up?
Never! I would give my life first! I will yet have my revenge on the Mainwarings, one and all; and I will repay them double for all the insult and ignominy they have heaped upon me." "That is to the point; but how will you accomplish it ?" said Hobson, in a more conciliatory tone, for each feared the other, and he thoroughly understood the spirit of his client.

"Let us be reasonable about this; you and I have too much at stake and too many interests in common for us to quarrel like children." "If I were differently situated, I can assure you we would then have very few interests in common," she replied, bitterly.
"Well, supposing you were, what would you do in this case ?" he inquired, softly, apparently taking no notice of her remark, but in reality making a mental note of it for future reckoning.
"Defeat Ralph Mainwaring, by all means; if necessary, produce testimony to show that this will is genuine.

If he spends his last shilling to fight the case, so much the better.