I came as far as the city, and there fell into temptation.

For the last two months I have been there, gambling and drinking, until I lost all, even the clothes which I wore, and was compelled to assume these rags.
I am now without home or money, and have no place to lay my head." "I can give you money," said Lenora.

"Meet me here to-morrow night, and you shall have all you want.

But what do you purpose doing?
Where will you stay ?" "In the village, for the sake of being near you," said he, at the same time bidding his daughter return to the house, as the night air was damp and chilly.
Within a week from that time a middle-aged man, calling himself John Robinson, appeared in the village, hiring himself out as a porter at one of the hotels.

There was a very striking resemblance between him and Lenora Carter, which was noticed by the villagers, and mentioned to Mrs.Hamilton, who, however, could never obtain a full view of the stranger's face, for without any apparent design, he always avoided meeting her.