74/78 They hire him once in a while because there ain't another lawyer short of Trumet and that's quite a ways. But maybe they'd be mighty glad to shift if there was a chance right at hand. Think it over first." He insisted upon Kendrick's returning to the High Cliff House that night. "I want Mrs.Barnes to show you the room she's got vacant," he said. "Ain't no harm lookin' at a brindle calf, as the feller said; you don't have to buy the critter unless you want to." So Mr.Kendrick inspected the rooms and expressed himself as delighted with them. |