To their great discomfiture the Longmans only offered L1000 for the privilege that Murray had valued at three times the amount; and Crabbe and his friends were placed in a difficult position.

A letter of Moore to John Murray many years afterwards, when Crabbe's _Memoir_ was in preparation, tells the sequel of the story, and it may well be given in his words: "In this crisis it was that Mr.Rogers and myself, anxious to relieve our poor friend from his suspense, called upon you, as you must well remember, in Albemarle Street; and seldom have I watched a countenance with more solicitude, or heard words that gave me much more pleasure than when, on the subject being mentioned, you said 'Oh! yes.
I have heard from Mr.Crabbe, and look upon the matter as all settled.' I was rather pressed, I remember, for time that morning, having an appointment on some business of my own, but Mr.Rogers insisted that I should accompany him to Crabbe's lodgings, and enjoy the pleasure of seeing him relieved from his suspense.

We found him sitting in his room, alone, and expecting the worst; but soon dissipated all his fears by the agreeable intelligence which we brought.
"When he received the bills for L3000, we earnestly advised that he should, without delay, deposit them in some safe hands; but no--he must take them with him to Trowbridge, and show them to his son John.

They would hardly believe in his good luck, at home, if they did not see the bills.

On his way down to Trowbridge, a friend at Salisbury, at whose house he rested (Mr.Everett, the banker), seeing that he carried these bills loosely in his waistcoat pocket, requested to be allowed to take charge of them for him: but with equal ill success.