If he could only pay that off he felt that he could brave the world without a fear.
Come what come might he would sell out and do so.

The bridge committee was sitting, and his shares were already worth more than he had paid for them.

Mr.Blocks had just given his evidence, and the commercial world was willing enough to invest in the Limehouse bridge.

He would sell out and put his conscience at rest.
But then to do so successfully, he must induce Undy to do so too; and that he knew would not at present be an easy task.

Who had ever been successful in getting back money from Undy Scott?
He had paid the last half-year's interest with most commendable punctuality, and was not that a great deal from Undy Scott?
But what if this appropriation of another's money, what if this fraud should be detected and exposed before he had succeeded in paying back the L10,000.