"He was."
"And became as good an expert as his father, I hope?"
"Even better, I should say, if possible."
"I think you profess to be infallible, do you not?"
"That is true, Mr. Hawkins, though I say it."
"And your son, who, as you say, is even better than yourself, is he as infallible as you?"
"Certainly, he ought to be. Why not?"
Then I put this question; "Have you and your son been sometimes employed on opposite sides in a case?"
"That is hardly a fair question, Mr. Hawkins."
"Let me give you an instance: In Lady D——'s case, which has recently been tried, did not your son swear one way and you another?"