It was all, no doubt, entailed, but for twenty years he had enjoyed the power of accumulating a sum of money for his second son's sake,--or would have enjoyed it, had not the accumulation been taken from him to pay Mountjoy's debts.

It was in vain that he attempted to make Mountjoy responsible for the money.
Mountjoy's debts, and irregularities, and gambling went on, till Mr.
Scarborough found himself bound to dethrone the illegitimate son, and to place the legitimate in his proper position.
In doing the deed he had not suffered much, though the circumstances which had led to the doing of it had been full of pain.

There had been an actual pleasure to him in thus showing himself to be superior to the conventionalities of the world.

There was Augustus still ready to occupy the position to which he had in truth been born.

And at the moment Mountjoy had gone--he knew not where.