n high above them all,--for him
and for her,--was not that everything? And was she not sure that the
truth would come to light at last? And if not here, would not the truth
come to light elsewhere where light would be of more avail than here?
Such was the consolation with which Dolly consoled herself.

On the next two days Mr. Grey went to his chambers and returned, without
any new word as to Mr. Scarborough and his affairs. One day he did bring
back some tidings as to Juniper. "Juniper has got into some row about a
horse," he said, "and is, I fear, in prison. All the same, he'll get his
five hundred pounds; and if he knew that fact it would help him."

"I can't tell him, papa. I don't know where he lives."

"Perhaps Carroll could do so."

"I never speak to Mr. Carroll. And I would not willingly mention
Juniper's name to my aunt or to either of the girls. It will be better
to let Juniper go on in his row."

"With all my heart," said Mr. Grey. And then there was an end of that.

On the next morning, the fourth after his return from Tretton, Mr. Grey
received a letter from Mountjoy Scarborough. "He was sure," he said,
"that Mr. Grey would be sorry to hear that his father had been very weak
since Mr. Grey had gone, and unable even to see him, Mountjoy, for more
than two or three minutes at a time. He was afraid that all would soon
be over; but he and everybody around the squire had been surprised to
find how cheerful and high-spirited he was. It seems," wrote Mountjoy,
"as though he had nothing to regret, either as regards this world or the
next. He has no remorse, and certainly no fear. Nothing, I think, could
make him angry, unless the word repentance were mentioned to him. To me
and to his sister he is unwontedly affectionate; but Augustus's name has
not crossed his lips since you left the house." Then he went on to the
matter as to which his letter had been written. "What am I to do when
all is over with him? It is natural that I should come to you for
advice. I will promise nothing about myself, but I trust that I may not
return to the gambling-table. If I have this property to manage, I may
be able to remain down here without going up to London. But shall I have
the property to manage? and what steps am I to take with the view of
getting it? Of course I shall have to encounter opposition, but I do
not think that you will be one of those to oppose me. I presume that I
shall be left here in possession, and that, t