Good night to you!" So saying, he quickly descended from the roof, and, as he was directing the coachman where to look for his carpetbag, Philip saw three or four well-dressed men make up to him, shake him heartily by the hand, and welcome him with great seeming cordiality.
Philip sighed.

"He has friends," he muttered to himself; and, paying his fare, he turned from the bustling yard, and took his solitary way home.
A week after his visit to R----, Philip was settled on his probation at Mr.Plaskwith's, and Mrs.Morton's health was so decidedly worse, that she resolved to know her fate, and consult a physician.

The oracle was at first ambiguous in its response.

But when Mrs.Morton said firmly, "I have duties to perform; upon your candid answer rest my Plans with respect to my children--left, if I die suddenly, destitute in the world,"-- the doctor looked hard in her face, saw its calm resolution, and replied frankly: "Lose no time, then, in arranging your plans; life is uncertain with all--with you, especially; you may live some time yet, but your constitution is much shaken--I fear there is water on the chest.

No, ma'am-no fee.