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‘
"
The
whole
amount
is
many
thousands
of
pounds
,
"
said
the
attorney
,
looking
over
the
papers
.
‘
"
It
is
,
"
said
the
client
.
‘
"
What
are
we
to
do
?
"
inquired
the
man
of
business
.
‘
"
Do
!
"
replied
the
client
,
with
sudden
vehemence
.
"
Put
every
engine
of
the
law
in
force
,
every
trick
that
ingenuity
can
devise
and
rascality
execute
;
fair
means
and
foul
;
the
open
oppression
of
the
law
,
aided
by
all
the
craft
of
its
most
ingenious
practitioners
.
I
would
have
him
die
a
harassing
and
lingering
death
.
Ruin
him
,
seize
and
sell
his
lands
and
goods
,
drive
him
from
house
and
home
,
and
drag
him
forth
a
beggar
in
his
old
age
,
to
die
in
a
common
jail
.
"
‘
"
But
the
costs
,
my
dear
Sir
,
the
costs
of
all
this
,
"
reasoned
the
attorney
,
when
he
had
recovered
from
his
momentary
surprise
.
"
If
the
defendant
be
a
man
of
straw
,
who
is
to
pay
the
costs
,
Sir
?
"
‘
"
Name
any
sum
,
"
said
the
stranger
,
his
hand
trembling
so
violently
with
excitement
,
that
he
could
scarcely
hold
the
pen
he
seized
as
he
spoke
—
"
any
sum
,
and
it
is
yours
.
Don
’
t
be
afraid
to
name
it
,
man
.
I
shall
not
think
it
dear
,
if
you
gain
my
object
.
"
‘
The
attorney
named
a
large
sum
,
at
hazard
,
as
the
advance
he
should
require
to
secure
himself
against
the
possibility
of
loss
;
but
more
with
the
view
of
ascertaining
how
far
his
client
was
really
disposed
to
go
,
than
with
any
idea
that
he
would
comply
with
the
demand
.
The
stranger
wrote
a
cheque
upon
his
banker
,
for
the
whole
amount
,
and
left
him
.
‘
The
draft
was
duly
honoured
,
and
the
attorney
,
finding
that
his
strange
client
might
be
safely
relied
upon
,
commenced
his
work
in
earnest
.
For
more
than
two
years
afterwards
,
Mr
.
Heyling
would
sit
whole
days
together
,
in
the
office
,
poring
over
the
papers
as
they
accumulated
,
and
reading
again
and
again
,
his
eyes
gleaming
with
joy
,
the
letters
of
remonstrance
,
the
prayers
for
a
little
delay
,
the
representations
of
the
certain
ruin
in
which
the
opposite
party
must
be
involved
,
which
poured
in
,
as
suit
after
suit
,
and
process
after
process
,
was
commenced
.
To
all
applications
for
a
brief
indulgence
,
there
was
but
one
reply
—
the
money
must
be
paid
.
Land
,
house
,
furniture
,
each
in
its
turn
,
was
taken
under
some
one
of
the
numerous
executions
which
were
issued
;
and
the
old
man
himself
would
have
been
immured
in
prison
had
he
not
escaped
the
vigilance
of
the
officers
,
and
fled
.
