“What are you going to do?” he asked.
“I do not know,” she answered dully. “I was so confident of your aid, that I had thought of no alternative.”
“Your father has tried other lawyers?”
“Yes. They have all refused. You can guess their reason.”
He was silent for an instant.
“Why not take the case yourself?”
“I take the case!” cried Katherine, amazed.
“Yes. You are a lawyer.”
“But I have never handled a case in court! I am not even admitted to the bar of the state. And, besides, a woman lawyer in Westville—— No, it’s quite out of the question.”