Concerning the son, nothing is known; he must have been three or four years old when he landed in New York.

No one ever saw him; no one seems to know anything about his taking part in the insurrection of 1863.

Having spoken the truth about his parents, it is to be presumed that he told the truth about himself.

Very well, but one can fight for one's country, and have a saint for one's mother, and yet possess none of the qualities that go towards making a happy household.

I take back the word adventurer, but I still hold to all I have said about him.