"What about?"
"About your father. Checkynshaw has bought him up."
"What do you mean by 'bought him up'?" demanded Leo, indignantly.
"I mean that Checkynshaw has paid him to keep out of the way in our great case of Wittleworth versus Checkynshaw," added Fitz.
"I say he hasn't."
"Hasn't he cleared out?"
"What if he has? He's coming back again."
"Don't tell me! I know something about law."
"I won't tell you, and you needn't tell me. If you'll keep your side of the street, I'll keep mine. If you mean to tell me that André Maggimore has done anything wrong, or means to do anything wrong, you don't know the man."
"I say he has. He was summoned as a witness for our side, and he has sold out to the enemy."