"Lord Carteret, I am sure, would never permit so much--ah--devotion to his majesty to go unrewarded." "I only ask, sir--and I ask it for the sake of my father's name, which stands in unavoidable danger of being smirched--that no further shame be heaped upon it than that which must result from the horror with which the discovery of this plot will inspire all right-thinking subjects." Mr.Caryll smiled and nodded.

He judged in a detached spirit--a mere spectator at a play--and he was forced to admit to himself that it was subtly done of his brother, and showed an astuteness in this thing, at least, of which he had never supposed him capable.
"There is, sir," Rotherby proceeded, "the matter of my father's dealings with the South Sea Company.

He is no longer alive to defend himself from the accusations--from the impeachment which has been levelled against him by our enemy, the Duke of Wharton.

Therefore, it might be possible to make it appear as if his dealings were--ah--not--ah--quite such as should befit an upright gentleman.

There is that, and there is this greater matter against him.