"Captain Cameron, it is impossible.

I am grieved for you, but I have a duty to the Bank in this matter." "Do you mean to say, Sir," cried the Captain, "that you refuse to consider any arrangement or compromise or settlement of any kind whatever?
I am willing to pay the amount ten times over, rather than have my name dragged through legal proceedings." "It is quite impossible," said Sir Archibald.
"Come, come, Sir Archibald," said the Captain, exercising an unusual self-control; "let us look at this thing as two gentlemen should who respect each other, and who know what is due to our--ah--class." It was an unfortunate remark of the Captain's.
"Our class, Sir?
I presume you mean the class of gentlemen.

All that is due to our class or any other class is strict justice, and that you, Sir, or any other gentleman, shall receive to the very fullest in this matter.

The honour of the Bank, which I regard as a great National Institution charged with National responsibilities, is involved, as is also my own personal honour.

I sincerely trust your son may be cleared of every charge of crime, but this case must be prosecuted to the very fullest degree." "And do you mean to tell me, Sir Archibald," exclaimed the Captain, now in a furious passion, "that for the sake of a few paltry pounds you will blast my name and my family name in this country ?--a name, I venture to say, not unknown in the history of this nation.