Then perhaps I had better do it for you.

There were two men from Silverdale directly concerned in the affair, and one of them at no slight risk to himself did a very generous thing.

That one was Mr.Courthorne.

Did you see him lay a single stake upon a card, or do anything that led you to suppose he was there for the purpose of gambling that evening ?" "No," said the lad, seeing she knew the truth, and his hoarse voice was scarcely audible.
"Then," said Maud Barrington, "I want you to tell us what you did see him do." Ferris said nothing, and though the girl laughed a little as she glanced at the wondering group, her voice was icily disdainful.
"Well," she said, "I will tell you.

You saw him question a professional gambler's play to save a man who had no claim on him from ruin, and, with only one comrade to back him, drive the swindler, who had a pistol, from the field.