CHAPTER XIII.
HIS LAST CHANCE.
Three days elapsed, during which nothing was done.

That cause is strongest which can afford to wait.

But in those three days several things happened.
First of all, Mr.David Chalker, seeing that the old man was obdurate, made up his mind to lose most of his money, and cursed Joe continually for having led him to build upon his grandfather's supposed wealth.
Yet he ought to have known.

Tradesmen do not lock up their savings in investments for their grandchildren, nor do they borrow small sums at ruinous interest of money-lending solicitors; nor do they give Bills of Sale.

These general rules were probably known to Mr.Chalker.