Went to another county--having had a sort of education, and being sharp eno', got work as a mechanic.

Hated work just as I hated gentlemen--for was I not by blood a gentleman?
There was the curse.

Alice grew up; never looked on her as my flesh and blood.

Her mother was a w----! Why should not _she_ be one?
There, that's enough.

Plenty of excuse, I think, for all I have ever done.