And though his letter was four sheets in length, he knew that Beatrice
would not be bored at having to read it.
CHAPTER XVIII
THE RISING STAR
As might be expected, the memorable case of Parsons and Douse proved to
be the turning point in Geoffrey's career, which was thenceforward one
of brilliant and startling success. On the very next morning when he
reached his chambers it was to find three heavy briefs awaiting him, and
they proved to be but the heralds of an uninterrupted flow of lucrative
business. Of course, he was not a Queen's Counsel, but now that his
great natural powers of advocacy had become generally known, solicitors
frequently employed him alone, or gave him another junior, so that he
might bring those powers to bear upon juries. Now it was, too, that
Geoffrey reaped the fruits of the arduous legal studies which he had
followed without cessation from the time when he found himself thrown
upon his own resources, and which had made a sound lawyer of him as
well as a brilliant and effective advocate. Soon, even with his great
capacity for work, he had as much business as he could attend to.
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