But it was so, and he did acknowledge it.

It was proved to him that, in spite of all the evidence which he had hitherto seen in the matter, the squire had not married his wife until after the birth of his eldest son.

He did acknowledge it, and he said bravely that it must be so.

Then there came down upon him a crowd of enemies in the guise of baffled creditors, all of whom believed, or professed to believe, that he, Mr.Grey, was in league with the squire to rob them of their rights.
If it could be proved that Mountjoy had no claim to the property, then would it go nominally to Augustus, who according to their showing was also one of the confederates, and the property could thus, they said, be divided.

Very shortly the squire would be dead, and then the confederates would get everything, to the utter exclusion of poor Mr.
Tyrrwhit, and poor Mr.Samuel Hart, and all the other poor creditors, who would thus be denuded, defrauded, and robbed by a lawyer's trick.