He wore a brown checkered suit, so evidently he hasn't gone into mourning for his uncle.

He told me he had had a rough experience on the ocean during the hurricane, and he blames you Rovers for all his troubles." "That's just like Sobber," was Dick's comment.
"He wouldn't tell me where he was going or what he was going to do, but he did let drop a remark or two about the fortune you discovered on Treasure Isle.

He said that he was firmly convinced that the money belonged to him and to his uncle's estate, and that he meant some day to make a fight for it." "In the courts ?" asked Tom.

"If he does that he'll get beaten.

Father says the treasure belongs to the Stanhope estate and to nobody else." "No, he didn't say he was going to court about it, but he said he was bound to get hold of it some day." "I hope he doesn't try to get it by force," said Sam.