fficient dolt; but so long as my client, the solicitor, gets
his costs, it doesn't matter a jot to me or him _what_ you decide!"

"_With your Lordship's permission, my Junior will settle the
minutes;_" i.e., "And so save us both the trouble of apportioning, in
the customary perfunctory fashion, the oyster to the solicitors, and
the shells to the clients."

IN THE SMOKING-ROOM.

"_You don't mind my telling you exactly where I think you're wrong?_"
i.e., "You obviously want setting down, and I may as well do it."

"_Do you mind just stating that over again?_" i.e., "While I think of
something to say in reply."

"_Of course you know more about the subject than I do;_" i.e., "I am
pretty sure you never gave it a thought till this minute."

"_If you care for my candid opinion;_" i.e., "I am now about to be
annoying, and perhaps rude."

"_All right, I'm not deaf!_" i.e., "Keep your confounded temper."

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