"Just you wait. He's in a trap and knows very well that I can get him out; that is, if I want to."
"Want to! Won't you want to get him out? Won't you do everything for him that you can if he engages you to defend him?"
"That all depends. If he comes to me I'll do all I can under certain conditions."
"What are the conditions?"
The lawyer bit savagely at his cigar, but offered no explanation.
"D—n that express team!" he growled. "What can have happened to it?"
"Abner can't afford to engage a lawyer, can he?" Whittles asked, noting Rackshaw's silence.
"Why not?"
"He hasn't any way of paying, has he?"
"He hasn't? What about his farm?"