The transaction had been one of an unmixed painful nature to Mr.Parker.As soon as he came to think of it, after Lopez had left him, he could not prevail upon himself to forgive himself for his folly.

That he,--he, Sextus Parker,--should have been induced by a few empty words to give his name for seven hundred and fifty pounds without any consideration or possibility of benefit! And the more he thought of it the more sure he was that the money was lost.
The next day he confirmed his own fears, and before a week was gone he had written down the sum as gone.

He told nobody.

He did not like to confess his folly.

But he made some inquiry about his friend,--which was absolutely futile.