The word of no Scarborough should go for anything with him;--but of that fact he was assured.

Whether the squire knew aught of Mountjoy he did not feel sure, but that Augustus did he was quite certain.

Who was paying the bills for the scapegrace during his travels he could not say, but he thought it probable that Augustus was finding the money.

He, Mountjoy, was kept away, so as to be out of the creditors' way.
He thought, therefore, that Augustus was doing this, so that he might the more easily buy up the debts.

But why should Augustus go to the expense of buying up the debts, seeing that the money must ultimately come out of his own pocket?
Because,--so Mr.Grey thought,--Augustus would not trust his own father.