_His_ color rose; and _he_ too showed that he was offended by what Mr.
Dicas had just said.
"Not a word, Richard! Let me speak for you as well as for myself," said
Sir Joseph. "For seven years past," he continued, turning to the lawyer,
"I have been accustomed to place the most unlimited trust in Richard
Turlington. His disinterested advice has enabled me largely to increase
my income, without placing a farthing of the principal in jeopardy. On
more than one occasion, I have entreated him to make use of my money
in his business. He has invariably refused to do so. Even his bitterest
enemies, sir, have been obliged to acknowledge that my interests were
safe when committed to his care. Am I to begin distrusting him, now
that I am about to give him my daughter in marriage? Am I to leave it on
record that I doubt him for the first time--when my Will is opened after
my death? No! I can confide the management of the fortune which my child
will inherit after me to no more competent or more honorable hands than
the hands of the man who is to marry her.
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