Let me sell the first two tickets there.

I found the place; I opened the garden gate; I advanced to the door, innocently wondering what sort of people I should find inside.
If I am asked what was the true reason for this extraordinary activity on my part, in serving the interests of a set of people for whom I cared nothing, I must honestly own that the loss of my young lady was at the bottom of it.

Any occupation was welcome which kept my mind, in some degree at least, from dwelling on the bitter disappointment that had befallen me.

When I rang the bell at No.

1, did I feel no presentiment of the exquisite surprise in store for me?
I felt nothing of the sort.
The fact is, my digestion is excellent.