Who, I asked, was the gentleman?
The landlord had no knowledge of him; he knew neither his place of abode nor his name.

Was Mr.Capper expected to return hither in the morning?
No; he had heard the stranger propose to Mr.Capper to go with him into the country to-morrow, and Mr.Capper, he believed, had assented.
This disappointment was peculiarly severe.

I had lost, by my own negligence, the only opportunity that would offer of meeting my friend.
Had even the recollection of my loss been postponed for three minutes, I should have entered the house, and a meeting would have been secured.

I could discover no other expedient to obviate the present evil.

My heart began now, for the first time, to droop.