The story of Esau and of Jacob is as nothing to it.

But that is not the most remarkable circumstance.

My father, for purposes of his own, which includes the absolute throwing over of Mountjoy's creditors, changes his plan, and is pleased to restore to me that of which he had resolved to rob me.

What father would dare to look in the face of the son whom he had thus resolved to defraud?
My father tells me the story with a gentle chuckle, showing almost as much indifference to Mountjoy's ruin as to my recovered prosperity.

He has not a blush when he reveals it all.