On that occasion Sexty had assured his wife that he regarded his friendship with Ferdinand Lopez as the most fortunate circumstance of his life.

"Do be careful, Sexty," the poor woman had said.

But Parker had simply told her that she understood nothing about business.

On that evening Lopez had thoroughly imbued him with the conviction that if you will only set your mind that way, it is quite as easy to amass a large fortune as to earn a small income.
About a week before the departure of the Whartons for Herefordshire, Lopez, in compliance with Mrs.Roby's counsels, called at the chambers in Stone Buildings.

It is difficult to say that you will not see a man, when the man is standing just on the other side of an open door;--nor, in this case, was Mr.Wharton quite clear that he had better decline to see the man.