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Tell me . ' ` Very well , he has done this : He has pretended he was our friend , and professed to aid us in forming this company . He has delayed us by every means in his power until the option has nearly expired . Then he has gone to Canada and secured for himself , and a man named Melville , the option of the mine when John Kenyon 's time is up -- that is to say , at twelve o'clock to-morrow , when Kenyon 's option expires , your cousin will pay the money and own the mine ; after which , of course , Kenyon and myself will be out of it . I do n't mind the loss at all -- I would gladly give Kenyon my share -- but for John it is a terrible blow . He had counted on the money to pay debts which he considers he owes to his father for his education . He calls them debts of honour , though they are not debts of honour in the ordinary sense of the words .