AlS  to  the  strength  of  his  case,  he  had  not  a  doubt  about
it,  but  clearly  saw  his  way  to  the  verdict.  Argued  with  the
jury  on  substantial  worldly  grounds — the  only  grounds  ever
Avorth  taking  into  account — it  was  a  plain  case,  and  had  not
a  weak  spot  in  it.  He  called  himself  for  the  plaintiff,  there
was  no  getting  over  his  evidence,  the  counsel  for  the  de-
fendant threw  up  his  brief,  and  the  jury  did  not  even  turn
to  consider.  After  trying  it,  Stryver,  C.  J.,  was  satisfied
that  no  plainer  case  could  be.
Accordingly,  'Mr.  Stryver  inaugurated  the  Long  Vacation
with  a  formal  proposal  to  take  Miss  Manette  to  Vauxhall
Gardens ;  that  failing,  to  Ranelagh ;  that  unaccountably
failing  too,  it  behoved  him  to  present  himself  in  Soho,  and
there  declare  his  noble  mind.
Towards  Soho,  therefore,  Mr.  Stryver  shouldered  his  way


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from  the  Temple,  while  the  bloom  of  the  Long  Vacation's
infancy  was  still  upon  it.  Anybody  who  had  seen  him  pro-
jecting himself  into  Soho  while  he  was  yet  on  Saint  Dunstan's
side  of  Temple  Bar,  bursting  in  his  full-blouii  way  along  the
pavement,  to  the  jostlement  of  all  weaker  people,  might  have
seen  how  safe  and  strong  he  was.
