He, however, did not show himself carrion; he would not betray his companions, who had behaved very handsomely to him, having given the son of a lord, a great barrister, not a hundred-pound forged bill, but a hundred hard guineas, to plead his cause, and another ten, to induce him, after pleading, to put his hand to his breast, and say that, upon his honour, he believed the prisoner at the bar to be an honest and injured man.

No; I am glad to be able to say that my father did not show himself exactly carrion, though I could almost have wished he had let himself.

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However, I am here with my bottle of champagne and the Romany Rye, and he was in his cell, with bread and water and the prison chaplain.

He took an affectionate leave of me before he was sent away, giving me three out of five guineas, all the money he had left.