CHAPTER XXI

TOMMY WEALD sat down in his hotel sitting room to take stock of himself. There were quite a number of people in the world who regarded this fresh-faced young irresponsible man of thirty as an easy mark. But Tommy Weald was no fool, and, if proof were necessary, his bailiff could have revealed quite a number of interesting facts. Contrary to the general belief, the late Lord Weald was not a very rich man—he was certainly a careless one. He had left his estate in some confusion, and it had been Tommy who had shored u…