mo- 
ments, even to him.' 

'' What is it ? Let me know that I may wordnetdesire it, for I am really 
most anxious to prevail upon him to adopt, as a matter of expediency, 
the course now proposed." 

'' My friend," said Raven, with deliberate intensity, '' I am perfectly 
well aware that you abhor the crime of which I at once acknowledge to 
you that I am guilty, as much as any man can; but as, before me, you 
have suppressed what you feel, and have come to me in the diancter 
of a man of the world to argue the matter upon worldly grounds alone, 
I will meet you upon those grounds, with ihe view of stating what I 
conceive to be sufficient to convince Mr. Whitdy  or Whitbread, as I 
alwa3rs understood his name to be of the expediency at least of con- 
senting to settle the matter, as I am anxious it should be settled, and 
that without delay. In the first place, then, let us look at the oouisa 
which he proposes to pursue : I would not injure that man more deeply 
than he has already been injured ; I would not have him incur legal 
expenses, which must, of necessity, fall upon him ; nor am I willing