The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
'Because,' replied he solemnly, 'interest seems the everlasting consideration of our family--interest disinherited my father--interest made my uncle Walter consign my mother to poverty--interest proved the poor repentant wretch insane--interest claims the extinction of all I hold most precious in life--and interest would make me baser than the most sordid of all our sordid race.'