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His wife, by the way, was a distant cousin of ours. They are both dead now; the captain was wiped out at Inkerman, and, for some unknown reason, left me the young gentleman's sole guardian and joint trustee with a London lawyer, a certain Mr. Borley. I have never seen him yet my ward, I mean he has always been at Eton, or Cambridge, or in India, or somewhere."
Borley, who had been solicitor to the trust during his minority. "Bless me, Heigham, how like your father you have grown!" said that legal gentleman, as soon as Arthur was ensconced in the client's chair a chair that, had it been endowed with the gift of speech, could have told some surprising stories.
They thought that I had left Madeira for good, and the letter was marked, 'If left, return to Messrs. Borley and Son, with the address. And the mail went out this afternoon into the bargain, so it will be a month before I can get it back again."
Arthur explained his views, which apparently included settling all his property on his bride in the most absolute fashion possible. To this Mr. Borley forcibly objected, and in the end Arthur had to give way and make such arrangements as the old gentleman thought proper arrangements differing considerably from those proposed by himself.
This done, he carefully put the pieces of dough in his breast-pocket in such a way that they were not likely to be crushed, and, with a smile of satisfaction, returned to his chair, helped himself to a glass of port, and dozed off. "Hullo, Bellamy, gone to sleep! Wake up, man. We have settled this business about the mortgage. Will you write to Mr. Borley, and convey Mr. Heigham's decision?
They moreover induced William Borley and Thomas Corbet, two justices of the peace for the county of Hereford, to grant a warrant for his apprehension on the ground of his being in league with the thieves of the Marches.
Borley did not say much, but, from his manner and occasional comments, it was evident that he considered the whole story very odd regarding it, indeed, with some suspicion. "I must tell you frankly, Mr. Heigham," he said, at last, "I don't quite understand this business.
Two hundred? Here is the cheque." "I am anxious about that young fellow," said Mr. Borley to himself, in the pause between Arthur's departure and the entry of the next client. "I hope his disappointment won't send him to the dogs. He is not of the sort who take it easy, like I did, for instance. Dear me, that is a long while ago now.
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