I tell you that I did this inadvertently, and am sorry for it; surely that ought to be sufficient.' Norman said nothing more; but he felt that Tudor had done that which, if known, would disgrace him for ever.

It might, however, very probably never be known; and it might also be that Tudor would never act so dishonestly again.

On the following morning the money was paid; and in the course of the next week the shares were resold, and the money repaid, and Alaric Tudor, for the first time in his life, found himself to be the possessor of over three hundred pounds.
Such was the price which Scott, Manylodes, & Co., had found it worth their while to pay him for his good report on Mary Jane..