"If, at the end of the first, second, and third years, you have not made your expenses, I will supply the deficiency." "You!" "Yes.

The fact is, sister, if you will be guided in some respects by my judgment, I will stand by you, and see you safely over every difficulty.

Your boarding-house experiment I did not approve.

I saw from the beginning how it would end, and I wished to see the end as quickly as possible.

It has come, and I am glad of it; and, still further, thankful that the disaster has not been greater.