It seemed to me that if the lawyers failed to do their duty, they ought to pay people for waiting upon them, instead of making them pay for it.
R.D. Blackmore'Curio vult advisari,' as the lawyers say; which means, 'Let us have another glass, and then we can think about it.'
R.D. Blackmore...because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing?
R.D. BlackmoreTake to the study of the law. Possession is nine points of it, which thou hast of me. Self-possession is the tenth.
R.D. Blackmore