7/32 His sort was evidenced on this occasion. He did not send to Mr.Bayard, he came. He told him by shortest possible sentences that his fortune was at his, Mr.Bayard's, disposal to put him again upon his feet. And Mr.Bayard availed himself of the aid thus proffered; he regained his feet; he paid off his bankruptcy of two millions; he repaid Dudley Storms; and then he went on--and no more slips or treason-founded setbacks--to pile up new millions for himself. The former retreated into his native reticence and the fastnesses of his own multitudinous affairs, coming no more to Mr.Bayard, who did not require help. |