"I'm not cross; 'disgusted' is the word if you really want to know."
"But suppose my speaking was more sudden than my decision?"
"I would rather not discuss it, if you please."
"I've seen a great deal more of you than I have of Merry—"
"But when you make up your mind, Mr. Cosden—" Edith recalled his own words.
"I never change it without reason," he replied. "And more than that, it is very unprofessional to desert a client just when he needs you most."
"When a client disregards his counsel's advice it is time to change counsel," she retorted with decision.
"Oh, dear, no!" Cosden replied in so conciliatory a tone that she was partly mollified. The words rang with greater sincerity than she had believed him to possess. "That isn't the way real counsels do at all, especially when the client is so contrite."
"What is their custom?" Edith asked, amused in spite of herself.
"They charge it up on the bill and make him pay handsomely for his presumption."