(_Consequent on the Peerage Invading the Ranks of the Bar._)
May it please your Lordship, the Duke, my learned and noble junior, will
read the pleadings.
I will leave it to my noble and learned friend the Marquis to examine
the next witness.
I can quite understand your Lordship's annoyance, but I can assure you,
my lord, that the noble Earl from whom I receive my instructions
promised that the documents should be forthcoming.
I suppose we may leave the question of costs to be settled by our
juniors the illustrious Prince and the hereditary Earl Gardener?
Really, Duke, I must ask you not to interrupt me while I am conducting
this cross-examination.
I regret, my Lord, that my young and promising junior, who has but
recently been called to the Bar, should have made the concession, but it
is only right to tell your Lordship that the nobleman in question--the
Duke of HERNE BAY--misunderstood his instructions.
I am sorry, my Lord, that absence in another part of the building
prevented me from addressing your Lordship. I trust, however, that the
inexperience of my noble and learned friend, the Viscount TOTTENHAM
COURT ROAD, will not be allowed to prejudice my client's interests.
As your Lordship pleases!
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