[Mr. Scarborough’s Family by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookMr. Scarborough’s Family CHAPTER I 11/25
You will have the papers, which are quite clear, and will know what to do.
I shall see Mountjoy myself this evening.
I suppose he will have the grace to come, as he does not know what he is coming for." Then the father smiled again, and the lawyer went. Mr.Scarborough, though he was very strong of heart, did have some misgivings as the time came at which he was to see his son.
The communication which he had to make was certainly one of vital importance.
His son had some time since instigated him to come to terms with the "family creditors," as the captain boldly called them. "Seeing that I never owed a shilling in my life, or my father before me, it is odd that I should have family creditors," the father had answered. "The property has, then, at any rate," the son had said, with a scowl. But that was now twelve months since, before mankind and the Jews among them had heard of Mr.Scarborough's illness.
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