I shall take care that this sort of oppression is lifted off the shoulders of the men.

Had I known it was being pursued, I should have stopped it before." "You have no right to interfere between me and anything now, sir." "Roy," said Lionel calmly, "you are perfectly well aware that the right, not only to interfere between you and the estate, but to invest me with full power over it and you, was sought to be given me by Mrs.Verner at my uncle's death.

For reasons of my own I chose to decline it, and have continued to decline it.

Do you remember what I once told you--that one of my first acts of power would be to displace you?
After what I have seen and heard to-day, I shall deliberate whether it be not my duty to reconsider my determination, and assume this, and all other power." Roy's face turned green.

He answered defiantly, not in tone, but in spirit-- "It wouldn't be for long, at any rate, sir; and Mr.Massingbird, I know, 'll put me into my place again on his return." Lionel did not reply immediately.