I will confess that I have undertaken things which I thought were within my power, but which were entirely beyond me.

Well, it has ruined me also in a material way." "How, do you mean ?" "This colonization work was carried on by my own funds.

It is not long ago that I got a letter, saying that my funds were at an end.

I had some small estates in the old country.

They are gone,--confiscated.
My last rents were not collected." She, in turn, smiled, spreading out her hands.