“Well, my Lord, he owes money, that’s well known; and I’ve heard it said a good deal of money has been lost at cards in his house, but not through his fault. Indeed, you yourself said something to me to that effect, my Lord.”
“Yes, so I did—But what I want to get at is this. Do you think he’s a man who would do a scoundrelly thing—that’s plain?”
“Oh, no, my Lord, he’s straight enough. It’s the other party.”
“Meaning his wife?”
“No, my Lord—her brother, Mr. Julian.”
“Ah!”
Church warmed a bit. “He’s always about there, lives with them mostly. You see, my Lord, he has no what you may call status of his own, but he manages to get known to people through her Ladyship.”
“Kind of sucker,” said Jones.
Mr. Church assented. The expression was new to him, but it seemed to apply.