858
that
any future
in
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depend
on
his conduct and
would
in form
him
that
not
on
his abilities. I took care to inform him that, as the salary was large, he should satisfy himself that the sum offered was sufficient for his maintenance. He expressed himself as being grateful, and said he would live very well on his salary and private means, as he had some.
At first he conducted himself fairly well for about a month or so. Then rumours arose that he was in debt, and subsequently he appears to have lived extravagantly, and become so involved in debt that a judgment was obtained against him. In order to save him the disgrace of imprisonment in the gaol, Mr. Mudie, Resident Engineer under whom Berkeley was working, very kindly went surety for him, paid off pressing claims, and