He entertained no doubt but what Storri would carry into execution those threats of arrest, should his desires concerning Dorothy meet with opposition.

The fear of his own disgrace appalled Mr.Harley.He did not lack for courage, but his interview with Storri had buried him beneath a spell of terror.
It was peculiarly a condition to frighten Mr.Harley to the core.

He was proud in a coarse way of the fortune he had gathered.

He had based himself on his position as a business, not to say a legislative, force, and used it to patronize, not always delicately, those among his fellows who had not climbed so high.

In exacting what was a money due, he had ever proceeded with but little scruple.