"There, my dear Mrs. Shipton," said Richard, "you touch me home. Yes, I have. I have been thinking that the law is the boy for me."
"The law!" repeated Ada as if she were afraid of the name.
"If I went into Kenge's office," said Richard, "and if I were placed under articles to Kenge, I should have my eye on the--hum!--the forbidden ground--and should be able to study it, and master it, and to satisfy myself that it was not neglected and was being properly conducted. I should be able to look after Ada's interests and my own interests (the same thing!); and I should peg away at Blackstone and all those fellows with the most tremendous ardour."
I was not by any means so sure of that, and I saw how his hankering after the vague things yet to come of those long-deferred hopes cast a shade on Ada's face. But I thought it best to encourage him in any project of continuous exertion, and only advised him to be quite sure that his mind was made up now.

"Yes, I have. I have been thinking that the law is the boy for me. If I went into Kenge's office," said Richard, "I should have my eye on the - hum! - the forbidden ground - and should be able to study it, and master it, and satisfy myself that it was being properly conducted. I should be able to look after Ada's interests and mine (the same thing!); and I should peg away with the most tremendous ardour."
I was not by any means so sure of that, and I saw how his hankering after the vague things yet to come cast a shade on Ada's face. But I thought it best to encourage him in any project of continuous exertion, and only advised him to be quite sure that his mind was made up.
