In these he communicated the fact of his having deposited twenty-five thousand dollars with his lawyer.

He mentioned incidentally the presence of the lawyer's clerk at the time.

I am a little surprised that he should have done it, as not the faintest suspicion of the lawyer's good faith had entered his thoughts.
"On receiving this letter my uncle, on my behalf, took measures to claim this sum, and for this purpose came to Boston.

Imagine his surprise and indignation when the lawyer positively denied having received any such deposit and called upon him, to prove it.

With great effrontery he declared that it was absurd to suppose that my father would have entrusted him with any such sum without a receipt for it.