It bears the evident marks of having originally been, what the honest and downright Doctor Douglas assures us it was, a scheme of fraudulent debtors to cheat their creditors.

它带有明显的痕迹，正如诚实正直的道格拉斯医生向我们保证的那样，它最初是欺诈性债务人欺骗债权人的计划。