I feel rather guilty before him; his father bequeathed to me much of the money that would in the natural course have been Everard's.

But he is quite superior to any feeling of grudge on that score.' 'Practically, his father disinherited him ?' 'It amounted to that.

From quite a child, Everard was at odds with his father.

A strange thing, for in so many respects they resembled each other very closely.

Physically, Everard is his father walking the earth again.