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English
1823
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. 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
 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. 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.  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 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
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