"Had I lived, what would the end of it have been?"
"Upon my word I don't know. Utter beggary I suppose."
"How much money are you possessed of?"
"I won a hundred guineas the other night at faro. I am not aware that I possess much beyond that."
"And your debts?"
The young man mused a moment.
"Really, I hardly know to a hundred or two. A thousand pounds would probably cover them, but I am not sure."
"A thousand pounds! And I have paid your debts twice over within the last four years!"
Gilbert the younger smiled.
"You see, uncle, the schedule I sent you each time was not a complete one. I did not care to let you know every liability."