This afternoon the Judge has promised to talk over the business with me." "The Judge never saw Rawdon Court, and he cares nothing about it, but he can give you counsel about the 'good things' Bryce Denning offers you.
And you may safely listen to it, for, right or wrong, I see plainly it is your own advice you will take in the long run." Mostyn laughed pleasantly and went back to his hotel to think over the facts gleaned from his conversation with Madam.

In the first place, he understood that any overt act against Squire Rawdon would be deeply resented by his American relatives.

But then he reminded himself that his own relationship with them was merely sentiment.

He had now nothing to hope for in the way of money.

Madam's apparently spontaneous and truthful assertion, that the Judge cared nothing for Rawdon Court, was, however, very satisfactory to him.