"But upon my word!" he added, surveying me from head to foot, "I didn't expect to find such a big, strapping fellow as you are.

Your surroundings are quite as I had supposed they would be.

Cramped quarters in a miserable tumble-down back street! I suppose your guardian provided this place for you ?" "I believe so," said I.
"Did you know that your stepmother had married again ?" he asked.
"Married!" I exclaimed.

"To whom ?" "To Martin Cobb." "To my guardian ?" I asked, in astonishment.
Not heeding my question, he continued: "You're intending to go home to-morrow, I believe ?" "Yes, sir." "My boy," said he, "I have an interest in you.

I was your father's friend and adviser for many years.