"I suppose you give it up about the letter having been signed by my client," said Squercum to the elder of the two younger Bideawhiles.
"I give up nothing and I assert nothing," said the superior attorney. "Whether the letter be genuine or not we had no reason to believe it to be otherwise. The young gentleman's signature is never very plain, and this one is about as like any other as that other would be like the last."
"Would you let me look at it again, Mr. Bideawhile?" Then the letter which had been very often inspected during the last ten days was handed to Mr. Squercum. "It's a stiff resemblance;--such as he never could have written had he tried it ever so."
"Perhaps not, Mr. Squercum. We are not generally on the lookout for forgeries in letters from our clients or our clients' sons."

"I suppose you give it up about the letter having been signed by my client," said Squercum to one of the Bideawhiles.
"I give up nothing and I assert nothing," said he. "Whether the letter be genuine or not we had no reason to believe it to be otherwise. The young gentleman's signature is never very plain, and this one is about as alike as any other."
"Would you let me look at it again, Mr. Bideawhile?" The letter was handed over. "He never could have written it had he tried ever so."
"We are not generally on the lookout for forgeries in letters from our clients or our clients' sons."
