hould not think
sufficiently full; but he said, he, who had drawn the answer,
_knew_, personally, all about it; and he assured me that the
answer in this matter granted all, and more, than I could gain
in any other way; and that if I carried the proceedings
further, in hopes to gain more for my client, the effect would
only be an endless delay."

"Do they offer to give him _something?_" said the naturalist.

"The answer does make disclosures, which though, as I said,
vague and imperfect, still promise to give him something."

"And you think it might be more?"

"Brick assures me, on his own knowledge, that by going on with
the matter we shall only gain an endless lawsuit."

"What do you think, Wint'rop?"

"I want you to give this paper to Mr. Lansing, and ask him
what _he_ thinks. Ask him to read it, and tell him what Brick
says; and then let him make up his mind whether we had better
go on or not."

"I do not care for nobody's mind but yours," said the
naturalist.

"Let us have Mr. Lansing's first."

So Mr. Herder carried away the answer to Mr. Lansing, and in a
few days came back to report progress.

"He has read it," said Mr. Herder, "and he says he do not make
anything of it at all. He leaves the whole thing wiz you."

"Does he understand what is hinted at by these half
disclosures?"

"He says he does not understand nozing of it -- he knows not
what they mean -- he does not know whether to go on, whether to
stop here. He says, and I say, you judge and do what you
please."

"I confess, Mr. Herder, that Mr. Brick's kind warning has made
me suspicious of his and his principal's good faith; and my
will would be to go on."

"Go on, then!" said the naturalist -- "I say so too -- go on! I
do not trust that Brick no more than you do; and Mr. Ryle, _him_
I do not trust. Now what will you do next?"

"Take exceptions to the answer, where it seems to be
insufficient, and make them answer again."

"Exception --?" said the naturalist.

In answer to which Winthrop went into explanations at some
length; from which at least this much was clearly made out by
Mr. Herder and Winnie, -- that the cause would come to a
hearing probably in May, before Chancellor Justice; when
Winthrop and Mr. Brick would stand openly pitted against each
other and have an opportunity of trying their mutual strength,
or the strength of their principles; when also it would,
according to the issue of said conflict, be decided whether