"What a ridiculous notion!" I exclaimed--"Poor man!--a weak spot in his
brain somewhere evidently,--or perhaps he used the expression as a mere
figure of speech?"
"I think not;"--responded Mr Ellis half interrogatively, still caressing
his fingers--"I think our client did not use the phrase 'sold to the
devil' as a figure of speech merely, Mr Bentham?"
"I am positive he did not,"--said Bentham seriously--"He spoke of the
'bargain' as an actual and accomplished fact."