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The following morning, amidst the batch of letters for the 



inmates of The Chase, was one in a blue envelope, addressed to 



Travers. It read as follows — 



" 25, Grazein Fields, 



''March 25th. 



" Dear Sir, 



"Yourself ats. Turnover, 



" This case is down in the paper for hearing, and will 



probably be reached somewhere about next Wednesday week. 



We have, according to your instructions, briefed Mr. Eonald 



Dennison for the defence. W^e will write or telegraph you 



exact date of the case coming on, as soon as it is in the 



daily cause list. 



" We are, dear sir, 



" Yours faithfully, 



" Clutchcosts & Makeabit. 

 "T. A. Binkie, Esq." 



"Oh, really!" murmured Binkie, "so she does mean to 

 bring the action after all ! I thought she'd forgotten it, 

 perhaps. And now I suppose the lawyer chappies will ask 

 me a lot of beastly questions which I don't know the answer 

 to. Well, if they give a verdict against me, Pa'll have to pay 

 the damages. Won't he swear ! " 



And a week later, upon receipt of a further intimation from 

 Messrs. Clutchcosts & Makeabit, Travers left The Chase for 

 town, accompanied by his friend and Counsel, Mr. Pionald 

 Dennison. The two took up their quarters at a quiet hotel 

 in the neighbourhood of the new Law Courts, and there 

 prepared for battle with those particular minions of the law 

 who were engaged to represent the interests of Miss Tottie 

 Turnover. 



