No, Archie must not go to
America, he may marry well, if you and Lady Jane look after him; and you
will, John. You will have a care for my boy when I am gone, and, oh,
never, never let him go near the gaming-table. That has been my ruin.
Keep him from that, whatever you do."
"Why not require a promise from him to that effect? He is a truthful
boy; he will keep his word," John said, and Hugh replied:
"Yes, yes, that's it; strange I never thought of it before. I will send
for him at once. Call Anthony to fetch him; and, oh, John, I owe Anthony
fifty pounds; money borrowed at different times from his hard earnings.
You will see that he is paid?"
"Yes," John answered, promptly; for Anthony, who had been at Stoneleigh
since he was a boy, and had been so much to him, was his favorite, and
should not suffer.
He would pay Anthony; but when his brother mentioned other debts owing
to the trades-people in Bangor, and Beaumaris, and even Carnarvon, he
objected, on the ground that he was not able, but said he would lay the
matter before his sister Betsey, who was far richer than himself.
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