"And Breve?" 2 wigglesworth street boston ma
"He is here," replied the secretary. 2 wigmore road
"Then if you see him, please tell him that we begin with thepoisoning case." Breve was the public prosecutor, who was to readthe indictment in this case.
In the corridor the secretary met Breve, who, with up liftedshoulders, a portfolio under one arm, the other swinging with thepalm turned to the front, was hurrying along the corridor,clattering with his heels.
"Michael Petrovitch wants to know if you are ready? the secretaryasked.
"Of course; I am always ready," said the public prosecutor. "Whatare we taking first?
"The poisoning case."
"That's quite right," said the public prosecutor, but did notthink it at all right. He had spent the night in a hotel playingcards with a friend who was giving a farewell party. Up to fivein the morning they played and drank, so he had no time to lookat this poisoning case, and meant to run it through now. Thesecretary, happening to know this, advised the president to beginwith the poisoning case. The secretary was a Liberal, even aRadical, in opinion.
Breve was a Conservative; the secretary disliked him, and enviedhim his position.