"And wherefore apart?" said he, with a hideous grin. He stamped suddenly
on the floor.
"If that summons be for your servant, you might have saved yourself the
trouble, sir," said his tormentor, with great coolness and intrepidity.
"Gilbert is at my office, whither I sent him on an errand, thinking he
would be best out of the way for a while. I find, however, that we shall
have need of him. It is as well, nevertheless, that he is out of the way
of signals."
"A base conspiracy!" roared the infuriated villain. "Nephew, how is
this? And in my own house,--bullied--baited! But I will be revenged--I
will."
Here he became exhausted with rage, and sat down. On Mr L---- attempting
to speak, he cried out--"I will answer no questions, and I defy you.
Gilbert may say what he likes; but he cannot contradict my words. I'll
speak none."
"These would be strange words, indeed, Mr S------, from an innocent
man. Know you that WILL?" said the lawyer, in a voice of thunder, and at
the same time exhibiting the real instrument so miraculously preserved
from destruction. I shall never forget his first look of horror and
astonishment.
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