"A rumour reached me just now that he had been already arrested." It was now between nine and ten in the evening. "But as I came away from my room, I heard that he was down at the House. That he will have to stand a trial for forgery, I think there cannot be a doubt, and I imagine that it will be found that not a shilling will be saved out of the property."
"What a wonderful career it has been!"
"Yes,--the strangest thing that has come up in our days. I am inclined to think that the utter ruin at this moment has been brought about by his reckless personal expenditure."
"Why did he spend such a lot of money?"

"He will have to stand trial for forgery, without a doubt, and I imagine that it will be found that not a shilling will be saved out of the property."
"What an extraordinary career it has been!"
"Yes, the strangest thing that has come up in our days. 