It would be bad to do at the moment, but he thought that in this way he might best prepare himself for the future.

Crinkett had appealed to him for money, but Crinkett himself had said nothing to him about Euphemia Smith.

The man had not as yet accused him of bigamy.

The accusation had come from her, and it still might be that she had used Crinkett's name wrongfully.

At any rate, he thought that when the clap of thunder should have come, it would be better for him not to have repudiated a man with whom it would then be known that his relations had once been so intimate.
He addressed himself therefore at once to his old associate.