When your brother Tom left home, and went to India, he took money enough with him; but I'm afraid he got it queerly.

At any rate, your father had some big sums to raise.

You were at college at the time; and though there was some underhand talk, maybe you never heard it, for no one round Sandal-Side would pass on a word likely to trouble the old squire, or offend Mistress Charlotte.

Now, perhaps it was at that time Barf Latrigg 'did well to Sandal.'" "I think you may be right, Alice.

I remember that father was a bit mean with me the last year I was at Oxford.