"I knew it would."
"But if you are cured of this evil, the money is nothing. What is it all for but for you and your brother and sister? It was a large sum, but that shall not grieve me. The thing itself is so dangerous that, if with that much of loss we can escape, I will think that we have made not a bad market. Who owns the horse now?"
"The horses shall be sold."
"For anything they may fetch so that we may get clear of this dirt. And the Major?"
"I know nothing of him. I have not seen him since that day."
"Has he claims on you?"
"Not a shilling. It is all the other way."
"Let it go then. Be quit of him, however it may be. Send a messenger so that he may understand that you have abandoned racing altogether. Mr. Moreton might perhaps see him."
That his father should forgive so readily and yet himself suffer so deeply, affected the son's feelings so strongly that for a time he could hardly repress his sobs. "And now there shall not be a word more said about it," said the Duke suddenly.
Silverbridge in his confusion could make no answer.