[ Byerly is quiet a moment, but - after Dorian's confession, there's no way he'll keep mum about himself. Even trade, that. Positively Jacksonian in the equity of the deal. ]

I was made the object of a truly vile slander, and my father believed it. Believed it wholeheartedly. Better to live penniless than with that dishonor. [ He hesitates a moment, then shakes his head. ] It's not quite on the level of what yours attempted. I'd have wanted to kill him if I saw him again. [ Dorian's father, that is; not Byerly's own. ]