"But you would want to know much more about them than you do now, to study each case carefully in all its bearings, and then doubtless you would make your mistakes, with the best of judgment!"
"I don't see what you mean," the mason said.
"Nor I," said Adelle.
"Let us have some lunch first," the judge replied. "We have done a good deal this morning and need food. Perhaps later we shall all arrive at a complete understanding."
At the close of their luncheon the judge remarked to Adelle,—
"Your cousin and I, Mrs. Clark, have talked over your idea of giving to him and his relatives what the law will not compel you to distribute of Clark's Field. He doesn't seem to think well of the idea."
"It's foolish," the mason growled.
Adelle looked at him swiftly, with a little smile that was sad.
"I was afraid he would say that, Judge," she said softly.