I do not regret, and I have never regretted, that I married Alice.

But, I gave her pain, for which I have never ceased to grieve.

I have been punished for this breach of faith.

You will find among the papers an account of all the circumstances connected with this engagement.

There is also in the packet my portrait, taken when I was a lad of sixteen; give her that as well; there is the certificate of my marriage, my register of baptism, that of Iris's baptism, my signet ring--" "His arms"-- the old man interrupted his reading--"his arms were: quarterly: first and fourth, two roses and a boar's head, erect; second and third, gules and fesse between--between--but I cannot remember what it was between--" He went on reading: "My father's last letter to me; Alice's letters, and one or two from yourself.