“Do you think they’re indubitable?” Lynborough put in, with a sudden quick flash of his eyes.
For an instant Stillford hesitated. Then he made his orthodox reply. “As I am instructed, they certainly are.”
“Ah!” said Lynborough drily.
“No professional man could say more than that, Lord Lynborough.”
“And they all say just as much! If I say anything you don’t like, again remember that this interview is not of my seeking, Mr Stillford.”
Stillford waxed a trifle sarcastic. “You’ll conduct your case in person?” he asked.
“If you hale me to court, I shall. Otherwise there’s no question of a case.”
This time Stillford’s eyes brightened; yet still he doubted Lynborough’s meaning.
“We shouldn’t hesitate to take our case into court.”
“Since you’re wrong, you’d probably win,” said Lynborough, with a smile. “But I’d make it cost you the devil of a lot of money. That, at least, the law can do—I’m not aware that it can do much else. But, as far as I’m concerned, I should as soon appeal to the Pope of Rome in this matter as to a law-court—sooner, in fact.”