I have only been aware of his return within the last two or three weeks.

His first step on arriving in this country was to seek for his daughter." "Yes; when he knew that she was rich, no doubt." "I do not think that he was influenced by mercenary motives," the lawyer said, with a calm judicial air.

"Of course, as a man of the world, I am not given to look at such matters from a sentimental point of view.

But I really believe that Mr.Nowell was anxious to find his daughter, and to atone in some measure for his former neglect." "A very convenient repentance," exclaimed Gilbert, with a short bitter laugh.

"And his first act is to steal his daughter from her home, and hide her from all her former friends.