London Transports by Binchy Maeve

Author:Binchy, Maeve [Binchy, Maeve]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Short Stories
ISBN: 9780440337652
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2007-09-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chancery Lane

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Dear Mr. Lewis,

I’m sure you will think this very, very odd and you will spend the rest of your life refusing to talk to strange women at parties in case something of the sort should happen again. We met very briefly at the Barrys’ last week. You mentioned you were a barrister and I mentioned the Lord knows what because I was up to my eyebrows in gin. I was the one who was wearing a blue dress and what started out as a feather boa, but sort of moulted during the night. Anyway, your only mistake was to let me know where you worked, and my mistakes that night were legion.

I know nobody else at all in the legal world and I wonder if you could tell me where to look. In books people open the Yellow Pages and suddenly find exactly the right kind of lawyer for themselves, but I’ve been looking in the windows of various solicitors’ offices and they don’t seem to be the kind of thing I want. They’re full of files and girls typing. You seemed to have a lot of style that night, and you might know where to direct me.

I want to sue somebody for a breach of promise. I want to take him for everything he’s got. I want a great deal of publicity and attention drawn to the case and photographs of me leaving the court to appear in the newspapers. What I would really like is to see all the letters involved published in the papers, and I want to be helped through the crowds by policemen.

But what I don’t know is how to begin. Do I serve something on him, or send him a writ or a notice to prosecute? I feel sure the whole thing will gather its own momentum once it starts. It’s the beginning bit that has me worried. If you could write back as soon as possible and tell me where to start, I should be forever grateful.

I feel it would be unprofessional to offer you a fee for this service, but since it’s a matter of using your knowledge and experience for my benefit, I should be very happy to offer you some of mine in return. You may remember that I am a tap-dancing teacher (I probably gave several exhibitions to the whole room that night). So, if ever you want a lesson, I’d be delighted to give you one.

Yours sincerely,

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