I had not the sad pleasure of being with him in that last time.

For the sake of our children, I was residing in England.
"Troubles rarely come alone.

Two years afterwards my oldest son died.

My home was in the family of General Montgomery, where I was treated with great kindness; but as my income was not sufficient for an establishment of my own, I felt a sense of obligation that is always oppressive to one of my nature.

This feeling grew upon me daily, and at last began to haunt me like a constantly re-appearing spectre.