Wallingford readily
consented.
"Give them a little more time," said he, as we walked away from
Judge Bigelow's office. "It will come out as we desired. The easiest
way for them to arrange with us, is to let us have the Allen House
property, which is owned by the firm of which Dewey is a member; and
it is with a view to this, I have no doubt, that he is now in New
York."
So we waited a few days longer. The return of Mr. Dewey took place
in the course of a week, when I received a note from Judge Bigelow,
asking a private interview. I found him and his nephew alone. They
received me in a pleasant, affable way; and the Judge said that he
wished to have a little talk with me before another formal meeting
of the executors. I answered that it would give me pleasure to
confer with him; though I could neither accept nor propose any
thing, standing alone.
"It is not with a view to that, Doctor," replied the Judge, his
countenance putting on a shade of gravity that nearly obliterated
the smiles with which he at first received me. "But I thought it
might help to a better issue, if two of the parties representing the
opposite interests in this case were to have a little informal
conversation.
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