So be it, then! Better that a thousand fold than that his name should be associated with failure and disgrace.
On that morning Harold Denver was to meet the creditors of the firm, and to explain the situation to them.

It was a hateful task, a degrading task, but he set himself to do it with quiet resolution.

At home they waited in intense anxiety to learn the result of the meeting.

It was late before he returned, haggard pale, like a man who has done and suffered much.
"What's this board in front of the house ?" he asked.
"We are going to try a little change of scene," said the Admiral.

"This place is neither town nor country.