That share, as you already know, would amount to a considerable sum of money.

Your uncle, I take it, has not a penny-piece in the world, and his companion is in the same destitute condition.

Now we will suppose that I find Hayle for them, and they meet.

Does it not seem to you quite possible that your uncle's rage might lead him to do something desperate, in order to revenge himself upon the other?
But if he could command himself he would probably get his money?
If, on the other hand, they do not meet, then what is to be done?
Forgive me, Miss Kitwater, for prying into your private affairs, but in my opinion it is manifestly unfair that you should have to support these two men for the rest of their existences." "You surely must see that I would rather do that than let my father's brother commit a crime," she returned, more earnestly than she had yet spoken.
The position was decidedly an awkward one.

It was some proof of the girl's sterling qualities that she should be prepared to make such a sacrifice for the sake of a man whom it was certainly impossible to love, and for that reason even to respect.