He was usually successful in his cases.
"I felt my cause safe in his hands--that is, as safe as human care and foresight could make it.

But to my surprise and disappointment, his management of the case on the day of trial was faulty and blind.

I had gone over all the points with him carefully, and he had seemed to hold them with a masterly hand.

He was entirely confident of success, and so was I.But now he seemed to lose his grasp on the best points in the case, and to bring forward his evidence in a way that, in my view, damaged instead of making our side strong.

Still, I forced myself to think that he knew best what to do, and that the meaning of his peculiar tactics should soon become apparent.