Andrew Peak was merely a loose-minded vagabond, who might talk of this and that project for making money, but would certainly never quit his dirty haunts in London.

Godwin asked himself angrily why he had submitted to the fellow's companionship.

This absurd delicacy must be corrected before it became his tyrant.

The idea of scrupling to hurt the sensibilities of Andrew Peak! The man was coarse-hided enough to undergo kicking, and then take sixpence in compensation,--not a doubt of it.

This detestable tie of kindred must no longer be recognised.