He did not think that Mr.Grey was so brave a man as his father.

And then he could trace the payment of no large sum to Mr.
Grey,--such as would have been necessary as a bribe in such a case.
Augustus suspected Mr.Grey, on and off.

But Mr.Grey was sure that Augustus suspected his own father.

Now, of one thing Mr.Grey was certain:--Augustus was, in truth, the rightful heir.

The squire had at first contrived to blind him,--him, Mr.Grey,--partly by his own acuteness, partly through the carelessness of himself and those in his office, partly by the subornation of witnesses who seemed to have been actually prepared for such an event.