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English
1823
He comes down himself to tell the misfortune (he would not miss the job for worlds), and he takes care to choose the most unpropitious moment possible for breaking the news. On the eldest daughter's birthday, when there is a big party on, is his favorite time. He comes in about midnight and tells them just as they are going down to supper. HE COMES DOWN HIMSELF TO TELL THE MISFORTUNE HE WOULD NOT MISS THE JOB FOR WORLDS AND HE TAKES CARE TO CHOOSE THE MOST UNPROPIOUS MOMENT POSSIBLE FOR BREAKING THE NEWS ON THE ELDEST DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY WHEN THERE IS A BIG PARTY ON IS HIS FAVORITE TIME HE COMES IN ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND TELLS THEM JUST AS THEY ARE GOING TO STAND TO SUPPER
 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. 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. From this the lawyer goes on to communicate to the client, as a great secret, the whole of his (the client's) history from his cradle upward, and also the history of his nearer relatives, and in less than half an hour from the old man's entrance, or say forty minutes at the outside, the client almost knows what the business is about. On the other occasion, when the client has lost his fortune, the stage lawyer is even still happier.  EEN 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 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 FROM THIS THE LAWYER GOES ON TO COMMUNICATE TO THE CLIENT AS A GREAT SECRET THE WHOLE OF HIS THE CLIENT'S HISTORY FROM HIS CRADLE UPWARD AND ALSO THE HISTORY OF HIS NEARER RELATIVES AND IN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR FROM THE OLD MAN'S ENTRANCE OR SAY FORTY MINUTES AT THE OUTSIDE THE CLIENT ALMOST KNOWS WHAT THE BUSINESS IS ABOUT ON THE OTHER OCCASION WHEN THE CLIENT HAS LOST HIS FORTUNE THE STAGE LAWYER IS EVEN STILL HAPPIER 
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