Diana of Kara-Kara

Excerpt: "“She is an orphan,” said Mr. Collings emotionally. Orphans were Mr. Collings’ weakness. In ordinary intercourse as between lawyer and client, he was a stern, reserved man with a cold passion for compromise. Litigants entered his office charged with bubbling joy that their enemies had delivered themselves into their hands; they came talking five figure damages and the stark ruin of men an...