As I told you at the time, my real name is not Morton.

It will not be long before you understand the reason of my concealment.
"My father had a legal adviser, in whom he reposed a large measure of confidence, though events showed him to be quite unworthy of it.

On leaving Boston he divided his property, which had been converted into money, into two equal portions.

One part he took with him.

The other he committed to the lawyer's charge.