He spoke this
morning as though I was treating him badly,--though the money was
only lost last night; and he looked at me in a way that made me
long to kick him. I told him not to flurry himself, and that he
should have his money. If he speaks to me like that again I will
kick him.
'I will be at Matching as soon as possible, but I cannot go till
this is settled. Nid'--meaning Lord Nidderdale,--'is a brick.
'Your affectionate Brother,
GERALD.'
The other was from Nidderdale, and referred to the same subject.
'DEAR SILVERBRIDGE,
'Here has been a terrible nuisance. Last night some of the men got
to playing cards, and Gerald lost a terribly large sum to
Percival. I did all that I could to stop it, because I saw that
Percival was going in for a big thing. I fancy he got as much from
Dolly Longstaff as he did from Gerald;--but it won't matter much to
Dolly; or if it does, nobody cares. Gerald told me he was writing
to you about it, so I am not betraying him.
'What is to be done? Of course Percival is behaving badly. He
always does.
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