As he himself declared, he had never in his life paid money on behalf of Lord Lufton by a cheque drawn by his lordship.

The cheque given by Lord Lufton, and which had been lost, had been a private matter between them.

His lordship had simply wanted change in his pocket, and his agent had given it to him.

Mr.Crawley was speedily shown to be altogether wrong in the statement made to account for possession of the cheque.
Then he became very moody and would say nothing further.

But his wife, who had known nothing of his first statement when made, came forward and declared that she believed the cheque for twenty pounds to be a part of a present given by Dean Arabin to her husband in April last.