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           Hepaidforhistelegram,andthetwoyoungmenwentouttogetherintothestreet.ThereArcher,havingregainedhisself-control,wenton:"Mrs.Mingottismuchbetter:thedoctorfeelsnoanxietywhatever";andLefferts,withprofuseexpressionsofrelief,askedhimifhehadheardthattherewerebeastlybadrumoursagainaboutBeaufort....ThatafternoontheannouncementoftheBeaufortfailurewasinallthepapers.ItovershadowedthereportofMrs.MansonMingott’sstroke,andonlythefewwhohadheardofthemysteriousconnectionbetweenthetwoeventsthoughtofascribingoldCatherine’sillnesstoanythingbuttheaccumulationoffleshandyears.ThewholeofNewYorkwasdarkenedbythetaleofBeaufort’sdishonour.Therehadnever,asMr.Letterblairsaid,beenaworsecaseinhismemory,nor,forthatmatter,inthememoryofthefar-offLetterblairwhohadgivenhisnametothefirm.Thebankhadcontinuedtotakeinmoneyforawholedayafteritsfailurewasinevitable;andasmanyofitsclientsbelongedtooneoranotheroftherulingclans,Beaufort’sduplicityseemeddoublycynical.IfMrs.Beauforthadnottakenthetonethatsuchmisfortunes(thewordwasherown)were"thetestoffriendship,"compassionforhermighthavetemperedthegeneralindignationagainstherhusband.Asitwas—andespeciallyaftertheobjectofhernocturnalvisittoMrs.MansonMingotthadbecomeknown—hercynicismwasheldtoexceedhis;andshehadnottheexcuse—norherdetractorsthesatisfaction—ofpleadingthatshewas"aforeigner.