I ACCEPT THE OFFER I do not know how others might have looked upon such a proposition as this, but it never occurred to me at the time to doubt the honesty of Vail's statement, nor could I perceive any great wrong in the action so calmly proposed.

This was Philip Henley's property; his father undoubtedly intended he should inherit it, and the poor devil was utterly unable to comply with the terms of the will.

The very fact that he possessed sufficient pride to part with the inheritance rather than openly reveal his disgrace, appealed strongly.

That sort of fellow must have a strain of manhood in him.

If I could serve him, save the property for him, at almost no danger to myself, and make a tidy sum of money doing it, why shouldn't I consent?
I saw no reason for refusal.