And, even as he spoke, he realized what a very fool he had been to let this fellow gull him with his talk of a pot of gold!  The gleam of disappointed greed that shone in Astbury's eyes told what he might have guessed already, that it was no old affection or fidelity that had drawn the man to him, but merely the hope of making money.  And that hope the fellow was not likely to relinquish in a hurry.