Were I to go to these men, who are only looking after their money, I should be communicating with his enemies.

Your mother already regards me as his enemy.

If I told the police I should simply be brought into a court of justice, where I should be compelled to mention your name." "Why mine ?" "I must begin the story from the beginning.

One night I was coming home in London very late, about two o'clock, when whom should I meet in the street suddenly but Mountjoy Scarborough.

It came out afterward that he had then been gambling; but when he encountered me he was intoxicated.
He took me suddenly by the collar and shook me violently, and did his best to maltreat me.