"It is certain to be gained; I know the proofs will be forthcoming."
"The most prudent plan will be to wait until they are," returned the lawyer. He was not usually so considerate for his clients; but this, as he looked upon it, was a hopeless case, one that nobody, many degrees removed from a fool, would venture upon.
"No," said Robert Carr, "I will not wait a day. Be so kind as take proper steps at once, Mr. Fauntleroy."
"Very well; if you insist upon it. It will cost money, you know."
"That shall be placed in your hands as soon as I can send the necessary instructions to Rotterdam. What sum shall you require?"
"Oh, suppose you let me have fifty pounds at first. Before that's expended, perhaps—perhaps some decision may have been come to."
Had Mr. Fauntleroy spoken the words on his tongue, they would have run, "perhaps you will have come to your senses."
"I will spare no expense on this cause; any money you want, you shall have, only my right must be maintained against the other branch of the family. Do you understand me, Mr. Fauntleroy?"
"I do; and I must ask you to understand me, and to remember later that I did not advise this. If the proofs of the marriage shall come to light, why, then of course the tables will be turned."