And then he felt that in his present position he ought not to be a party to anything underhand.

But Nickem was gone, and he was obliged to console himself by thinking that Nickem was at any rate employing his intellect on the right side.

When he left his house with Larry Twentyman he had told his wife nothing about Lord Rufford.

Up to this time he and his wife had not as yet reconciled their difference, and poor Mary was still living in misery.

Larry, though he had called for the attorney, had not sat down in the parlour, and had barely spoken to Mary.