Clerk. Yes, Sir. [Exit.
Sol. Quite pleasant way of spending a morning. (Enter Client.) Ah, my dear lady, and how are you?
Client. Very well, thank you; but BOBBY is not so well, and as for MARY—
[Enters into long domestic details.
Sol. (in a sympathetic tone). Dear me! And what has given me the pleasure of seeing you here to-day?
Client. I only looked in to ask you how you thought our suit was going on?
Sol. Oh, capitally! You know, we have had several appointments before the Chief Clerk in Chambers, and—
[Enters into long explanation, bristling with technicalities.
Client (quite at sea). Dear me, what a complicated affair a Chancery suit is! I had no idea we should have to do all this. But won’t it be very expensive?
Sol. (smiling). Well, yes; but it will all be paid out of the estate. You, my dear lady, won’t have to pay anything for it—I mean out of your own pocket.