It gave shape and substance to certain vague fears and suspicions of his own which had been pushed back as often as they obtruded themselves as being too monstrous and fantastic for belief.
"He is a well-known man in the City, dad," said he.
"Of course he is--of course he is.

That is what I told her.

They would have found him out there if anything had been amiss with him.

Bless you, there's nothing so bitter as a family quarrel.

Still it is just as well that you have written about this affair, for we may as well have all fair and aboveboard." But Harold's letter to his partner was crossed by a letter from his partner to Harold.