And it would suit him down to the ground to
fight it over again. There's nothing he would like better
to see than another writ for South Fox."
"That's all right," the lawyer responded, "but Moneida
doesn't look altogether pleasant, you know. We may have
good grounds for supposing that the court will find you
clear of that business; but Ormiston, so far as I can
make out, was playing the fool down there for a week
before polling-day, and there are three or four Yellow
Dogs and Red Feathers only too anxious to pay back a
grudge on him. We'll have to fight again, there's no
doubt about that. The only question is whether we'll ruin
Ormiston first or not. Have you seen Bingham?"
"I know what Bingham thinks," said Lorne, impatiently.
"The Squire's position is a different consideration. I
don't see how I can--However, I'll go across to the
committee room now and talk it over."
It is doubtful whether young Murchison knew all that
Bingham thought; Bingham so seldom told it all. There
were matters in the back of Bingham's mind that prompted
him to urge the course that Cruickshank had been empowered
by the opposing counsel to suggest--party considerations
that it would serve no useful purpose to talk over with
Murchison. Bingham put it darkly when he said he had
quite as much hay on his fork as he cared to tackle
already, implying that the defence of indiscretions in
Moneida was quite an unnecessary addition.
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