It's  easy  making  promises  in  the  dark.  The  vicar,  however,
would  ,not  let  the  matter  rest ;  so  we  resolved  ourselves  into  a
committee  of  ways  and  means,  and  my  father  engaged  to  lay
before  us  an  exact  statement  of  his  affairs  next  day.  I  went
to  the  door  with  the  vicar,  and  he  told  me  to  come  and  see
him  in  the  morning.
