What am I to do? If I tell you that I shall
give up racing altogether I dare say you will not believe me. It
is a sort of thing a man always says when he wants money; but I
feel now I cannot help saying it.
'But what shall I do? Perhaps, if it be not too much trouble, you
will come up to town and see me. You can send me a word by the
wires.
'You may be sure of this. I shall make no attempt to raise the
money elsewhere, unless I find that my father will not help me.
You will understand that of course it must be paid. You will
understand also what I must feel about telling my father, but I
shall do so at once. I only wait till I can hear from you.
'Yours faithfully,
'SILVERBRIDGE.'
During the next day two despatches reached Lord Silverbridge, both
of them coming as he sat down to his solitary dinner. The first
consisted of a short but very civil note.
'Messrs Comfort and Criball present their compliments to the Earl
of Silverbridge.
'Messrs C and C beg to offer their apologies for interfering, but
desire to inform his Lordship that should cash be wanting to any
amount in consequence of the late races, they will be happy to
accommodate his Lordship on most reasonable terms at a moment's
notice, upon his Lordship's simple bond.
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