I think he had an idea that he could trust me with his papers, which were important and compromising, for he seems to have had no time to go over them and destroy what were best out of the way.

So, you see, I am left with his widow and child to look after.

Luckily, they are well provided for." "Still you have not told me her name." "Her name is Baker--Mrs.Sam Baker.

But they are casting off, and Mr.
Ratcliffe will be left behind.

I'll ask the captain to wait." About a dozen passengers had arrived, among them the two Earls, with a footman carrying a promising lunch-basket, and the planks were actually hauled in when a carriage dashed up to the wharf, and Mr.Ratcliffe leaped out and hurried on board.