"I shall protect my client," cried the lawyer vigorously.
"Naturally, your fees will be larger if you do. But don't protect him at the cost of my character, or it will be the worse for your own."
"I am not afraid!"
"Indeed you are! Horribly afraid. However, you needn't faint on my doorstep as that would be inconvenient. Good-day: your trap is waiting."
Cane got away at once, quite convinced that Enistor was not wholly in his right mind. His rosy cheeks were pale as he drove away, and his courage was dashed by Enistor's unscrupulous threat.
"He is dangerous," thought the lawyer. "I must hold my tongue!" and he did.