"I will remember and come," said Ishmael.

And each went his way.

Ishmael had not yet seriously thought of Lawyer Wiseman's proposal.
This forenoon, however, in the intervals of his professional
business, he reflected on it.

The proposed partnership was unquestionably a highly advantageous
one, in a worldly point of view. Lawyer Wiseman was undoubtedly the
best lawyer and commanded the largest practice at the Washington
bar, with one single exception--that of the brilliant young
barrister whom he proposed to associate with himself. Together, they
would be invincible, carrying everything before them; and Ishmael's
fortune would be rapidly made.

So far the offer was a very tempting one; yet the more Ishmael
reflected on it the more determined he became to refuse it; because,
in fact, his conscience would not permit him to enter into
partnership with Lawyer Wiseman, for the following reasons: Lawyer
Wiseman, a man of unimpeachable integrity in his private life,
declined to carry moral responsibility into his professional
business. He was indiscriminate in his acceptation of briefs. It
mattered not whether the case presented to him was a case of
injustice, cruelty, or oppression, so that it was a case for law,
with a wealthy client to back it. The only question with Lawyer
Wiseman being the amount of the retaining fee. If his client
liberally anointed Lawyer Wiseman's eyes with golden ointment,
Lawyer Wiseman would undertake to see and make the judge and jury