"Begging, I suppose?"
"He borrowed some money for his friend Barrymaine."
The Viscount flushed hotly, and looked at Barnabas with a sudden frown.
"Perhaps you are unaware, that is a name I never allow spoken in my presence, Mr. Beverley."
"Indeed, Viscount, and pray, why not?"
"For one thing, because he is—what he is—"
"Lady Cleone's brother."
"Half-brother, sir, and none the less a—knave."
"How—?"
"I mean that he is a card-sharper, a common cheat."