I wanted to live here; the thought of going to live in the country seemed unbearable.

That Edgar was overworked and ill, seemed to me a trifle.

Don't you remember how I spoke of it when you came here the other morning ?--I can't understand myself.

How could I think so, speak so!' The listener said nothing.
'He did what he purposed--made a bargain, and came back to conclude the purchase by correspondence.

But his money--the small capital he counted upon--was in "Britannia" shares; and you know what happened yesterday--yesterday, the very day when he went to sell the shares, thinking to do so without the least difficulty.' Harvey gave a grim nod.
'He came home, and I showed that I was glad----' 'No! You accuse yourself unreasonably.' 'I tell you the truth, as my miserable conscience knows it.