The creditors, if they could get hold of Mountjoy when his father was dead, and when the bonds would all become payable, might possibly so unravel the facts as to make it apparent that, after all, the property was Mountjoy's.

This was not Mr.Grey's idea, but was Mr.Grey's idea of the calculation which Augustus was making for his own government.

According to Mr.Grey's reading of all the facts of the case, such were the suspicions which Augustus entertained in the matter.

Otherwise, why should he be anxious to take a step which would redound only to the advantage of the creditors?
He was quite certain that no money would be paid, at any rate, by Augustus, solely with the view of honestly settling their claims.
But there was another subject which troubled his mind excessively as he walked across the park.

Why should he soil his hands, or, at any rate, trouble his conscience, with an affair so unclean, so perplexed, and so troublesome?
Why was he there at Tretton at all, to be insulted by a young blackguard such as he believed Augustus Scarborough to be?
Augustus Scarborough, he knew, suspected him.