At length arrived the morning of the second day in term. Lord Widdrington was occupied for about a couple of hours in "going through the bar"--_i. e._ calling on counsel to "move" in their order matters of general business, before taking motions for new trials. About a quarter of an hour before his Lordship had completed the round of the bar, the Attorney-General came into court, and arranged all his books and papers before him; Mr. Subtle sitting next to him, intending to take a note of the grounds on which he moved. "Does any other gentleman move?" inquired Lord Widdrington, looking over the court. He received no answer. "Mr. Attorney-General," said he; and the Attorney-General rose---- "If your Lordship pleases," he commenced, slowly rising and bowing--"in a case of DOE on the Demise of TITMOUSE against JOLTER, tried before your Lordship at the last assizes for the county of York, I have humbly to move your Lordship for _a rule to show cause why a nonsuit should not be entered, or why the verdict entered for the plaintiff should not be set aside, and a New Trial had_." He proceeded to state the facts of the case with great clearness and brevity. In like manner--with perfect simplicity and precision--he stated the various points arising upon the evidence, and the general grounds of law which have been already specified; but I am so grateful to the reader for his patience under the infliction of so much legal detail as was contained in the last chapter of this history, that I shall now content myself with the above general statement of what took place before the court. As soon as he had sat down, the judges consulted together for a minute or two; and then-- "You may take a rule to show cause, Mr. Attorney-General," said Lord Widdrington. "On all the grounds I have mentioned, my Lord?" "Yes--on all of them. They are very well worth considering--Mr. Solicitor-General, do you move?" Up rose, thereupon, the Solicitor-General. "I shall discharge your rule," whispered Mr. Subtle to the Attorney-General. "I'm not excessively sanguine,"--whispered the Attorney-General, leaning his head close to Mr. Subtle, and with his hand before his mouth. Then his clerk removed the battery of books which stood before him, together with his brief; and taking another out of his turgid red bag, the Attorney-General was soon deep in the details of an important shipping case, in which he was going to move when next it came to his turn.