He is not in the least reticent in speaking of my brother's affairs." There was a good deal in this which was not agreeable.

Miss Scarborough was sister to Mrs.Mountjoy as well as to the squire, and had been one of the family party most anxious to assure the marriage of Florence and the captain.

The late General Mountjoy had been supposed to be a great man in his way, but had died before Tretton had become as valuable as it was now.

Hence the eldest son had been christened with his name, and much of the Mountjoy prestige still clung to the family.

But Harry did not care much about the family except so far as Florence was concerned.