"The difficulty would have been, and the danger, in causing Mountjoy to have been accepted in his brother's place.

There can be no doubt that I was not married till after Mountjoy was born." Mr.Grey's curiosity was roused, and he began to ask questions.

Why, in the first place, had Mr.Scarborough behaved so dishonestly?
Why had he originally not married his wife?
And then, why had he married her?
If, as he said, the proofs were so easy, how had he dared to act so directly in opposition to the laws of his country?
Why, indeed, had he been through the whole of his life so bad a man,--so bad to the woman who had borne his name, so bad to the son whom he called illegitimate, and so bad also to the other son whom he now intended to restore to his position, solely with the view of defrauding the captain's creditors?
In answer to this Mr.Scarborough, though he was suffering much at the time,--so much as to be considered near to his death,--had replied with the most perfect good-humor.
He had done very well, he thought, by his wife, whom he had married after she had consented to live with him on other terms.

He had done very well by his elder son, for whom he had intended the entire property.

He had done well by his second son, for whom he had saved his money.