13/25 But as I look at him I think him to be the most remarkable old gentleman that the world has ever produced. He is quite unconscious that I have any ground of complaint against him." "He has probably thought that the circumstances of your brother's birth should not militate against his prospects." "But the law, my dear fellow," said Scarborough, getting up from his chair and standing with his cigar between his finger and thumb,--"the law thinks otherwise. The making of all right and wrong in this world depends on the law. The half-crown in my pocket is merely mine because of the law. He did choose to marry my mother before I was born, but did not choose to go through that ceremony before my brother's time. |