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HE who is restrained by a paternal law from attacking the person of his / enemy need not chafe under this restriction; for he has only to attack / him in the vanity, and the result, though far less entertaining, will / be twice as effective. Gilbert Speid, in spite of his dislike to Mr. / Barclay, did not bear him the slightest ill-will; nevertheless, he had / dealt his ‘man of business' as shrewd a blow as one foe may deal / another. Quite unwittingly, he had exposed him to some ridicule.
The lawyer had ‘hallooed before he was out of the wood,' with the usual / consequences.