DARCY CHEYNE was a young barrister who was by no means as well endowed with worldly goods as he desired. Few of us are; but Darcy felt that in his case there were exceptional reasons for presupposing prosperity. He had his own authority for declaring ...
DARCY CHEYNE was a young barrister who was by no means as well endowed with worldly goods as he desired. Few of us are; but Darcy felt that in his case there were exceptional reasons for presupposing prosperity. He had his own authority for declaring himself to be a hundred times more clever than the duffers who daily stepped before him in the race, while the most casual observer must have awarded him the prize for appearance, manner, and breeding.