At his time of life, and in such poor health, he should not have married a bright young girl: how could he ever hope to make her happy?
That was how he looked at it, when he should have sent constables after her." "And what became of her--the mindless animal, to forsake so good and great a man! I do hope she was punished, and that vile man too." "She was, Miss Castlewood; but he was not; at least he has not received justice yet.

But he will, he will, he will, miss.

The treacherous thief! And my lord received him as a young fellow-countryman under a cloud, and lent him money, and saved him from starving; for he had broken with his father and was running from his creditors." "Tell me no more," I said; "not another word.

It is my fate to meet that--well, that gentleman--almost every day.

And he, and he--oh, how thankful I am to have found out all this about him!" The above will show why, when I met my father's cousin on the following morning--with his grand, calm face, as benevolent as if he had passed a night of luxurious rest instead of sleepless agony--I knew myself to be of a lower order in mind and soul and heart than his; a small, narrow, passionate girl, in the presence of a large, broad-sighted, and compassionate man.
I threw myself altogether on his will; for, when I trust, I trust wholly.