"And he assents to your proposition?"
"Oh! yes, entirely. In fact, he—" He paused and then added, "is entirely satisfied. He says you are an excellent lawyer."
"Much obliged to him. I beat him in the only case I ever had against him."
"What was that?"
"Oh, a small case against the Argand Estate."
"Oh! Well now, Glave, don't be Quixotic. Here is the chance of your life. All the big people—the Argand Estate, Mr. Leigh, Mr. McSheen, Mr. Canter. Why, it may lead you—no one can tell where!"
"That is true," I said, quietly. Then quite as quietly I asked: "Did Mr. McSheen send for you to come on here?"
"Did Mr. McSheen send for me to come on here? Why, no. Of course, he did not. I came on to look after Mr. Poole's interest."
"And to employ me to represent him?"
"Yes."