Now there was no measure to the clamor and the uproar raised by the money-lenders.

Mr.
Grey's outer office was besieged, but his clerk simply stated that the facts would be proved on Mr.Scarborough's death as clearly as it might be possible to prove them.

The curses uttered against the old squire were bitter and deep, but during this time he was still supposed to be lying at death's door, and did not, in truth, himself expect to live many days.

The creditors, of course, believed that the story was a fiction.

None of them were enabled to see Captain Scarborough, who, after a short period, disappeared altogether from the scene.