For my--" But here the conversation was interrupted by the entrance of Mr John Forster, who had returned from his consultation.
We have already described Mr John Forster's character; we have now only to introduce his person.

Mr John Forster was about the middle height, rather inclined to corpulency, but with great show of muscular strength.

His black nether garments and silk stockings fitted a leg which might have been envied by a porter, and his breadth of shoulder was extreme.

He had a slouch, probably contracted by long poring over the desk; and his address was as abrupt as his appearance was unpolished.

His forehead was large and bald, eye small and brilliant, and his cheeks had dropped down so as to increase the width of his lower jaw.