That other matter was now arranged.

As one item of the cost of his adventure in County Clare he must pay two hundred a year to that reprobate, the Captain, as long as the reprobate chose to live,--and must also pay Mr.
Crowe's bill for his assistance.

This was a small matter to him as his wealth was now great, and he was not a man by nature much prone to think of money.

Nevertheless it was a bad beginning of his life.

Though he had declared himself to be quite indifferent on that head, he did feel that the arrangement was not altogether reputable,--that it was one which he could not explain to his own man of business without annoyance, and which might perhaps give him future trouble.