Lord Polperro desires nothing so much--nothing so much--as to be reunited to his family.

He longs for the society of his wife and daughter.

What more natural in a man who feels that his days are numbered! Lord Polperro bitterly laments the follies of his life which are explained, Gammon, as you and I know, by the character he inherited.

We know the peculiarities of the Trefoyle family.

Some of them I must not refer to in the presence of a young lady such as Miss Sparkes." Polly looked at her toes and smirked.