Mr. Hayes wanted to suppress wine and give tea and mineral water, but Mr. Evarts put his foot down.
Evarts could dimly see his long, grave profile bending over his eyepiece, shrouded in the heavy shadows across the table.
Mr. Evarts: I am sure your honor will not impute to us any such motive.
It was Mr. Evarts's versatility in the Beecher case that occasioned so much comment.
Mr. Evarts: I would have no objection to taking that course if I had been prepared for it.
