I will have nothing to do with such
people as Comfort and Criball. That is the sure way to the D-! As
for telling Morton, that is only a polite and roundabout way of
telling the governor. He would immediately ask the governor what
was to be done. You will see what I have done. Of course I must
tell the governor before the end of February, as I cannot get the
money in any other way. But that I will do. It does seem hard upon
him. Not that the money will hurt him much; but that he would like
to have a steady-going son.
'I suppose Percival won't make any bother about the I O U. He'll
be a fool if he does. I wouldn't kick him if I were you,--unless he
says anything very bad. You would be sure to come to grief
somehow. He is a beast.
'Your affectionate Brother,
SILVERBRIDGE.'
With these letters that special grief was removed from his mind
for awhile. Looking over the dark river of possible trouble which
seemed to run between the present moment and the time at which the
money must be procured, he thought that he had driven off this
calamity of Gerald's to infinite distance.
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