"This matter has progressed since I last had the pleasure of seeing them. You begin to think I was right; eh, Mr. Mason?"
"Don't let us triumph till we are out of the wood," said Mr. Round. "It is a deal easier to spend money in such an affair as this than it is to make money by it. However we shall hear to-day more about it."
"I do not know about making money," said Mr. Mason, very solemnly. "But that I have been robbed by that woman out of my just rights in that estate for the last twenty years,—that I may say I do know."
"Quite true, Mr. Mason; quite true," said Mr. Dockwrath with considerable energy.
"And whether I make money or whether I lose money I intend to proceed in this matter. It is dreadful to think that in this free and enlightened country so abject an offender should have been able to hold her head up so long without punishment and without disgrace."
"That is exactly what I feel," said Dockwrath. "The very stones and trees of Hamworth cry out against her."
"Gentlemen," said Mr. Round, "we have first to see whether there has been any injustice or not. If you will allow me I will explain to you what I now propose to do."
"Proceed, sir," said Mr. Mason, who was by no means satisfied with his young attorney.
"Bridget Bolster is now in the next room, and as far as I can understand the case at present, she would be the witness on whom your case, Mr. Mason, would most depend. The man Kenneby I have not yet seen; but from what I understand he is less likely to prove a willing witness than Mrs. Bolster."
"I cannot go along with you there, Mr. Round," said Dockwrath.