Then, when the accident of his eldest son's extravagance had fallen upon him, he had endeavored to save his second son, and had thought, without the slightest remorse, of the loss which was to fall on the creditors.

He had done all this in such a manner that, as far as Harry knew, the law could not touch him, though all the world was aware of his iniquity.

And now he lay boasting of what he had done.

It was necessary that Harry should say something as he rose from his seat, and he lamely expressed a wish that Mr.
Scarborough might quickly recover.

"No, my dear fellow," said the squire; "men do not recover when they are brought to such straits as I am in.