I said, 'Every thing that puzzled and frightened me in the poor darling is accounted for now.

The law must, and shall, reach that man, uncle--and I'll pay for it!' I was so much in earnest that I believe I cried a little.

What do you think the dear old man did?
He took me on his knee and gave me a kiss; and he said, in the nicest way, that he would adopt my view, for the present, if I would promise not to cry any more; and--wait! the cream of it is to come!--that he would put the view in quite a new light to me as soon as I was composed again.

You may imagine how soon I dried my eyes, and what a picture of composure I presented in the course of half a minute.

'Let us take it for granted,' says Sir Patrick, 'that this man unknown has really tried to deceive Miss Silvester, as you and I suppose.