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Septimus Dorset could make himself an agreeable and interesting companion when occasion called for it, and during the drive to Storm-Cliff he exerted himself to remove any unfavourable impression which he might have made upon his wealthy and beautiful client.
It surprised him to find that Beatrice 'had so much in her.' He found that she could talk intelligently upon all ordinary subjects, and on others, too, which Septimus regarded as somewhat out of the ordinary. Only in one particular did the lawyer's judgment decide adversely in the matter of his client's conduct. She would 'talk shop.' Again and again she abruptly brought her companion back from the regions of sentiment and literature to business.