To him the whole business was an impenetrable mystery.

To us, my dear father, it is all clear as day.

Poor Mrs.
Greville's fears were certainly not without foundation, and when affairs are somewhat more quiet in Paris, I shall leave no stone unturned to prove young Greville's perfect innocence to the public, and bring that wretch Dupont to the same justice to which his hatred would have condemned the son of his old companion.

Alfred's agitation on hearing my explanation of the circumstance was extreme.

The errors of his father appeared to fall heavily on him, and yet he uttered no word of reproach on his memory.