"No, probably not. I am sure that old Richard Round would abhor any such work as you or I would do. They take the evidence as it is brought to them. I believe there is no doubt that at any rate one of the witnesses to the codicil in question will now swear that the signature to the document is not her signature."
"A woman—is it?"
"Yes; a woman. In such a case it may perhaps be allowable to employ such a man as Mr. Chaffanbrass; and I should tell you also, such another man as Mr. Solomon Aram."
"Solomon Aram, too! Why, judge, the Old Bailey will be left bare."
"The shining lights will certainly be down at Alston. Now under those circumstances will you undertake the case?"
"Would you;—in my place?"
"Yes; if I were fully convinced of the innocence of my client at the beginning."
"But what if I were driven to change my opinion as the thing progressed?"
"You must go on, in such a case, as a matter of course."
"I suppose I can have a day or two to think of it?"