"My father died before I was of your age." "Do you remember him ?" inquired Frank, with interest.
"I remember him well.

He was always kind to me.

I never remember to have received a harsh word from him.

It is because he was so kind and indulgent to me that I feel the more incensed against a man who took advantage of his confidence to defraud him, or, rather, me, through him." "You have never mentioned this before, Mr.Morton." "No.

I have left you all in ignorance of much of my history.