“I do not.”
“I insist on your doing so. He is a menace.”
“He is nothing of the kind. On your own showing he didn’t even bite you once. And every dog is allowed one bite by law. The case of Wilberforce v. Bayliss covers that point thoroughly.”
“I don’t care about the case of Wilberforce and Bayliss....”
“You will find that you have to. It is a legal precedent.”
There is something about a legal precedent which gives pause to the angriest man. Mr. Bennett felt, as every layman feels when arguing with a lawyer, as if he were in the coils of a python.
“Say, Mr. Bennett....” began Bream at his elbow.
“Get out!” snarled Mr. Bennett.
“Yes, but, say...!”
The green baize door at the end of the hall opened, and Webster appeared.