The property was hereditary property, and when my title to it, in point of law, as a Catholic, was questioned, and when one of my family, as a Protestant, put in his claim for it, Mr.Hastings came in as the purchaser, and ousted him.

The money was supplied by me.

The moment, however, that I found Whitecraft was after me, I immediately surrendered the whole of it back to him; so that Sir Robert, in burning what he considered my property, in fact burned Mr.Hastings." "And I have reason to know, Mr.Reilly, that it will be the blackest act of his guilty life.

This, however, I mention to you in the strictest confidence.

Keep the secret, for if it transpired the scoundrel might escape from the consequences of his own cruelty and oppression.