“I see. And the father wants it?”
“Naturally.”
“And the law gives it to him?”
“Certainly. But we have reason, fortunately, to believe that in this case the power of the law will not be necessary. The mother, we believe, is dead.”
“Ah!”
“Now I come to the papers in your hand.”
“Oh yes; here they are. I haven’t even looked at them.”
“Ah!” The sheet trembled in the lawyer’s hand. Adjusting his glasses, he read the paper carefully, and then struck it sharply with his hand.
“This is exactly what we want,” he said; “it is enough in itself.”
“Yes,” said the other, laconically.