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a beastly lawyer's hands, because they are interfering people 

 who I don't like.' " 



Smoothe Silky paused, in order to allow the words he had 

 just read to settle duly down into the jury's minds. Then 

 glancing round the Court, his eyes fell upon Travers's round, 

 stupid face, and half-opened mouth, and resuming his address, 

 he said — 



" The man who wrote those words was no innocent, gentle- 

 men. The man who penned that paragraph was clever — 

 diabolically clever, and gifted with an ingenuity and craft, a 

 subtle brain " (by this time poor Trousers's eyes were starting 

 out of his head with amazement), " which, had it been applied 

 to a nobler purpose, might have won him name and fame in 

 the world. But he has chosen a baser use for his genius ; he 

 has applied it to the deceiving of a young and artless girl, 

 and she comes before you to-day, clothed in innocence, and — 

 and " 



" the usual feminine attire!" whispered Eonald to 



the brother barrister on his right. 



" and demanding at your hands that solatium, those 



damages, which, whilst not vindictive, should yet be substantial, 

 bearing in mind that my client is poor, and that the defendant 

 is a man whose reputation for wealth it would be mere 

 affectation on my part to suppose you are ignorant of. And 

 you must also remember the loss she sustains in not obtaining 

 so clever, so able, so witty and intellectual a companion for 

 life, as Mr. Travers Binkie." And with this peroration, 

 Mr. Silky resumed his seat, leaving Travers absolutely at a 

 loss to know whether he had been blessed or cursed the most. 



Mr. Clifford Sinn then proceeded to call Miss Tottie 



