He died shortly after his arrest in a fit of _delirium tremens_ and nervous prostration brought on by the sudden cessation of a supply of stimulants, and an example was lost, that, had he been duly hanged, might have been made of the results of defying the law.

Mr.Granger was now too poor to institute any further proceedings, which, in the state of public feeling in Wales, might or might not succeed; he could only submit, and submission meant beggary.
Indeed he was already a beggar.

In this state of affairs he took counsel with Elizabeth, pointing out that they must either get money or starve.
Now the only possible way to get money was by borrowing it, and Mr.
Granger's suggestion was that he should apply to Owen Davies, who had plenty.

Indeed he would have done so long ago, but that the squire had the reputation of being an exceedingly close-fisted man.
But this proposition did not at all suit Elizabeth's book.

Her great object had been to conceal Mr.Davies's desires as regards Beatrice from her father, and her daily dread was that he might become acquainted with them from some outside source.