It will be infinitely better for Hester that it should be so.

But I must have some lawyer.' 'And so must she.' 'Hers and mine must be the same.

As to that I will not admit any question.

Can you undertake to fight this matter on my behalf,--and on hers?
If you feel absolutely hostile to me you had better decline.

For myself, I cannot understand why there should be such hostility.' Caldigate had so far conquered his own feelings of abasement as to be able to say this with a determined face, looking straight into the attorney's eyes, at any rate without sign of fear.
'It wants thinking about,' said Robert Bolton.
'To-morrow the baby is to be christened, and for Hester's sake I will endeavour to put this matter aside;--but on Wednesday I must know.' 'On Wednesday morning I will answer your question.