"An agent should only act in accordance with his instructions."
"Without disputing that, my dear fellow, I cannot but say that I am glad to have learned so much."
"And I am very sorry."
"We both mean the same thing, George."
"I don't think we do," said Lord George, who was determined to be angry.
"You are sorry that it should be so,—and so am I." The triumph which had sat in the Dean's eye when he heard the news in the lawyer's chambers almost belied this latter assertion. "But I certainly am glad to be on the track as soon as possible, if there is a track which it is our duty to follow."
"I didn't like that man at all," said Lord George.
"I neither like him nor dislike him; but I believe him to be honest, and I know him to be clever. He will find out the truth for us."
"And when it turns out that Brotherton was legally married to the woman, what will the world think of me then?"
"The world will think that you have done your duty. There can be no question about it, George. Whether it be agreeable or disagreeable, it must be done. Could you have brought yourself to have thrown the burden of doing this upon your own child, perhaps some five-and-twenty years hence, when it may be done so much easier now by yourself."