George, though dissatisfied with his portion of the fortune, which had till lately been all in trade, visited the family as usual.
He was now full of speculations in trade, and his brow became clouded by care.

He seemed to relax in his attention to me, when the presence of my uncle gave a new turn to his behaviour.

I was too unsuspecting, too disinterested, to trace these changes to their source.
"My home every day became more and more disagreeable to me; my liberty was unnecessarily abridged, and my books, on the pretext that they made me idle, taken from me.

My father's mistress was with child, and he, doating on her, allowed or overlooked her vulgar manner of tyrannizing over us.

I was indignant, especially when I saw her endeavouring to attract, shall I say seduce?
my younger brother.