But he,--he ought to have it heavy.'
'It won't be done by me, Major Tifto. Look here, Major Tifto, you
have come here to confess that you have done me a great injury.'
'Yes, I have.'
'And you say you are sorry for it.'
'Indeed I am.'
'And I have forgiven you. There is only one way in which you can
show your gratitude. Hold your tongue about it. Let it be as a
thing done and gone. The money has been paid. The horse has been
sold. The whole thing has gone out of my mind, and I don't want to
have it brought back again.'
'And nothing is to be done to Green?'
'I should say nothing,--on that score.'
'And he has got they say five-and-twenty thousand pounds clear
money.'
'It is a pity, but it cannot be helped. I will have nothing
further to do with it. Of course I cannot bind you, but I have
told you my wishes.' The poor wretch was silent, but still it
seemed as though he did not wish to go quite yet. 'If you have
said what you have got to say, Major Tifto, I may as well tell you
that my time is engaged.'
'And must that be all?'
'What else?'
'I am in such a state of mind, Lord Silverbridge, that it would be
satisfaction to tell it all, even against myself.
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