No subjects could have been less interesting to Mr.
Grey, as Augustus was aware.

They breakfasted at ten, and twelve had been named for the meeting.

Mr.Grey had an hour or an hour and a half for his walk, in which he could again turn over in his mind all these matters of which his thoughts had been full for now many a day.
Of two or three facts he was certain.

Augustus was the legitimate heir of his father.

Of that he had seen ample documentary evidence.