They never were in a hurry for money, and they expected their clients never to be in a hurry for work.  Squercum was the very opposite to this.  He had established himself, without predecessors and without a partner, and we may add without capital, at a little office in Fetter Lane, and had there made a character for getting things done after a marvellous and new fashion.  And it was said of him that he was fairly honest, though it must be owned that among the Bideawhiles of the profession this was not the character which he bore.  He did sharp things no doubt, and had no hesitation in supporting the interests of sons against those of their fathers.  In more than one case he had computed for a young heir the exact value of his share in a property as compared to...