"In mind he has been much troubled and disturbed.

Last month he lost the lawsuit against detestable old Lord Rutland.

He was much angered by the loss, and has been moody and morose in brooding over it ever since.

He tries, poor father, to find relief from his troubles, and--and I fear takes too much liquor.

Rutland and his friends swore to one lie upon another, and father believes that the judge who tried the case was bribed.