Meanwhile nothing was obtained from him but general information, that his place of abode was Chester county, and that some momentous engagement induced him to hazard his safety by coming to the city in the height of the epidemic.
He was far from being talkative.

His silence seemed to be the joint result of modesty and unpleasing remembrances.

His features were characterized by pathetic seriousness, and his deportment by a gravity very unusual at his age.

According to his own representation, he was no more than eighteen years old, but the depth of his remarks indicated a much greater advance.

His name was Arthur Mervyn.