“But your opinions?”
“I have given an opinion for nothing. The other day I gave one to a syndicate, and charged eight thousand dollars.”
“Oh, dear!” said Leonore. “I wonder if I can afford to get your opinion on my being an American? I should like to frame it and hang it in my room. Would it be expensive?”
“It is usual with lawyers,” said Peter gravely, “to find out how much a client has, and then make the bill for a little less. How much do you have?”
“I really haven’t any now. I shall have two hundred dollars on the first. But then I owe some bills.”
“You forget your grandmamma’s money, Dot.”
“Oh! Of course. I shall be rich, Peter, I come into the income of my property on Tuesday. I forget how much it is, but I’m sure I can afford to have an opinion.”
“Why, Dot, we must get those papers out, and you must find some one to put the trust in legal shape, and take care of it for you,” said Watts.
“I suppose,” said Leonore to Peter, “if you have one lawyer to do all your work, that he does each thing cheaper, doesn’t he?”
“Yes. Because he divides what his client has, on several jobs, instead of on one,” Peter told her.