I have made a very handsome fortune and, even putting everything else aside, would rather know that I owed all I possessed to my own good luck and exertions, than to an accident of birth." "But that cannot be, lad." "Well, uncle," Harry said obstinately, "if you choose to see things in that light, all I can say is, that I shall at once throw up my leave and return to India; and if you choose to leave this house and estate, it may go to wreck and ruin for anything I care." "Well, well, my boy, we won't say anything more about it, now, but will leave it to the lawyers to settle." "I shall certainly employ no lawyers in the matter, uncle.

By all means, obtain your solicitor's opinion as to whether the proofs I have put in your hands are sufficient to establish, beyond all fear of doubt, the fact that I am the son of Major Harry Lindsay.

It matters not whether my father was your elder brother or not, to anyone except ourselves.

I am perfectly satisfied with having proved, to the satisfaction of all in India, that I am the son of a brave officer.

My object in coming to England was not to see whether I was entitled to money, but simply to find friends among the families of my father and mother; and if it were to end in my turning you, my aunt, and cousin out of the place you have believed to be your own, for so many years, my visit here would be a dismal failure, and I should bitterly regret having set foot in England.
"Please do not let us say anything more about it.