"We shall at least know, all of us, what is the opinion of some lawyer qualified to understand the circumstances of the case."
"Why isn't your opinion as good as that of any lawyer?"
"I couldn't give an opinion;—not otherwise than as a private friend to you, which is worth nothing, unless for your private guidance. Mr. Camperdown—"
"I don't care one straw for Mr. Camperdown."
"Just let me finish."
"Oh, certainly;—and you mustn't be angry with me, Frank. The matter is so much to me; isn't it?"
"I won't be angry. Do I look as if I were angry? Mr. Camperdown is right."
"I daresay he may be—what you call right. But I don't care about Mr. Camperdown a bit."
"He has no power, nor has John Eustace any power, to decide that the property which may belong to a third person shall be jeopardised by any arbitration. The third person could not be made to lose his legal right by any such arbitration, and his claim, if made, would still have to be tried."
"Who is the third person, Frank?"