The letter was said to have been sent to Mr Bideawhile’s office with other letters and papers, direct from old Mr Longestaffe.  Such was the statement made at first to Mr Squercum by the Bideawhile party, who at that moment had no doubt of the genuineness of the letter or of the accuracy of their statement.  Then Squercum saw his client again, and returned to the charge at Bideawhile’s office, with the positive assurance that the signature was a forgery.  Dolly, when questioned by Squercum, quite admitted his propensity to be ‘tight’.  He had no reticence, no feeling of disgrace on such matters.  But he had signed no letter when he was tight.  ’Never did such a thing in my life, and nothing could make me,’ said Dolly.  ’I’m never...