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English
1823
The lawyer smiles with a quiet smile of triumph and scratches his chin. "You had a mother, too, if I am informed correctly," he continues. It is idle attempting to escape this man's supernatural acuteness, and the client owns up to having had a mother also. THE LAWYER SMILES WITH A QUIET SMILE OF TRIUMPH AND SCRATCHES HIS CHIN YOU HAD A MOTHER TOO IF I AM INFORMED CORRECTLY HE CONTINUES IT IS IDLE ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE THIS MAN'S SUPERNATURAL ACUTENESS AND THE CLIENT OWNS UP TO HAVING A MOTHER ALSO
the good news the stage lawyer at once leaves his business and hurries off to the other end of the kingdom to bear the glad tidings. He arrives at the humble domicile of the beneficiary in question, sends up his card, and is ushered into the front parlor. He enters mysteriously and sits left--client sits right. An ordinary, common lawyer would come to the point at once, state the matter in a plain, business-like way, and trust that he might have the pleasure of representing, etc., etc.; but such simple methods are not those of the stage lawyer. He looks at the client and says: "You had a father." The client starts. How on earth did this calm, thin, keen-eyed old man in black know that he had a father? He shuffles and stammers, but the quiet, impenetrable lawyer fixes his cold, glassy eye on him, and he is helpless. Subterfuge, he feels, is useless, and amazed, bewildered at the knowledge of his most private affairs possessed by his strange visitant, he admits the fact: he had a father. HE FORMER UPON LEARNING THE GOOD NEWS THE STAGE LAWYER AT ONCE LEAVES HIS BUSINESS AND HURRIES OFF TO THE OTHER END OF THE KINGDOM TO BEAR THE GLAD TIDINGS HE ARRIVES AT THE HUMBLE DOMICILE OF THE BENEFICIARY IN QUESTION SENDS UP HIS CARD AND IS USHERED INTO THE FRONT PARLOUR HE ENTERS MYSTERIOUSLY AND SITS LEFT CLIENT SITS RIGHT AN ORDINARY COMMON LAWYER WOULD COME TO THE POINT AT ONCE STATE THE MATTER IN A PLAIN BUSINESS LIKE WAY AND TRUST THAT HE MIGHT HAVE THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING ET CETERA ET CETERA BUT THE SIMPLE METHODS ARE NOT THOSE OF THE STAGE LAWYER HE LOOKS AT THE CLIENT AND SAYS YOU HAD A FATHER THE CLIENT STARTS HOW ON EARTH DID THIS CALM THIN KEEN EYED OLD MAN IN BLACK KNOW THAT HE HAD A FATHER HE SHUFFLES AND STAMMERS BUT THE QUIET IMPENETRABLE LAWYER FIXES HIS COLD GLASSY EYE ON HIM AND HE IS HELPLESS SUBTITUDE HE FEELS IS USELESS AND AMAZED BEWILDERED AT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS MOST PRIVATE AFFAIRS POSSESSED BY THIS STRANGE VISITANT HE ADMITS THE FACT HE HAD A FATHER
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