This was a usage which Harry was not the man to endure, and there soon arose a scuffle, in which blows had passed between them.

The captain stuck to his prey, shaking him again and again in his drunken wrath, till Harry, roused to a passion almost equal to that of his opponent, flung him at last against the corner of the club railings, and there left his foe sprawling upon the ground, having struck his head violently against the ground as he fell.

Harry passed on to his own bed, indifferent, as it was afterwards said, to the fate of his antagonist.

All this occupied probably five minutes in the doing, but was seen by no human eye.
As the occurrence of that night was subsequently made the ground for heavy accusation against Harry Annesley, it has been told here with sufficient minuteness to show what might be said in justification or in condemnation of his conduct,--to show what might be said if the truth were spoken.

For, indeed, in the discussions which arose on the subject, much was said which was not true.