I am swindled--I, the last man under heaven who could possibly have expected to write in those disgraceful terms of myself--I AM SWINDLED! Let me chronicle the events.

They exhibit me, for the time being, in a sadly helpless point of view.

But the nature of the man prevails: I must have the events down in black and white.
The announcement of her approaching departure was intimated to me yesterday.

After another civil speech about the information I had procured at Brighton, she hinted that there was a necessity for pushing our inquiries a little further.

I immediately offered to undertake them, as before.