Nothing surprises or _should_ surprise a middle-aged man.

Therefore, I was not in the least degree moved by what I had discovered.

I sent, however, to the office of the _Liberator_ to inquire the address, not of the Marquis of Arondelle, but of the writer, under the signature of 'Justus.' Received for answer that it was Mr.John Scott, office of the _Liberator_.

I wrote to Mr.John Scott, and invited him to call on me.

That was the beginning of my more recent acquaintance with this gifted young gentleman.