He had not the least intention of ever seeing or communicating with the late vicar of Braden Medworth again; Mr.Gilwaters had served his purpose for the time being.
He went away from Bayswater, and, an hour later, from London, highly satisfied.

In his opinion, Mark Ransford, seventeen years before, had taken advantage of his friend's misfortunes to run away with his wife, and when Brake, alias Braden, had unexpectedly turned up at Wrychester, he had added to his former wrong by the commission of a far greater one..