Scarborough. Mr. Scarborough had determined that the
property should go hither and thither according to his will, without
reference to the established laws of the land, and had carried, and
would carry his purpose. His object had been to save his estate from the
hands of those harpies, the money-lenders; and as far as he was
concerned he would have saved it.
He had, in fact, forced the money-lenders to lend their money without
interest and without security, and then to consent to accept their
principal when it was offered to them. No one could say but that the
deed when done was a good deed. But this man in doing it had driven his
coach and horses through all the laws, which were to Mr. Grey as Holy
Writ; and, in thus driving his coach and horses, he had forced Mr. Grey
to sit upon the box and hold the reins. Mr. Grey had thought himself to
be a clever man,--at least a well-instructed man; but Mr. Scarborough had
turned him round his finger, this way and that way, just as he had
pleased.
Mr. Grey when, in his rage, he had given the lie to Mr. Scarborough had,
no doubt, spoken as he had believed at that moment. To him the new
story must have sounded like a lie, as he had been driven to accept the
veritable lie as real truth.
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