But I do not come to you quite on a selfish errand, to speak solely of my own wrongs.

I have something to tell you of real importance to yourself." "What is that ?" Gilbert Fenton described the result of his first advertisement, and his acquaintance with Jacob Nowell.
"It is my impression that this old man is rich, Marian; and there is little doubt that he would leave all he possesses to you, if you went to him at once." "I do not care very much about money for my own sake," she answered with rather a mournful smile; "but we are not rich, and I should be glad of anything that would improve my husband's position.

I should like to see my grandfather: I stand so much alone in the world that it would be very sweet to me to find a near relation." "Your husband must surely have seen Mr.Nowell's advertisement," Gilbert said after a pause.

"It was odd that he did not tell you about it--that he did not wish you to reply to it." "The advertisement may have escaped him, or he may have looked upon it as a trap to discover our retreat," Marian answered frankly.
"I cannot understand the motive for such secrecy." "There is no occasion that you should understand it.

Every life has its own mystery--its peculiar perplexities.