The school being situated close to a large city, and the discipline extremely lax, temptation which I was not in any way fitted to resist surrounded me from the day of entrance.
In a fashionable drawing-room, in the home of my mother's friends, I first became acquainted with Mr.Farnham." She paused with the mention of his name, as though its utterance pained her, yet almost immediately resumed her story, not even glancing up at her listener.
"I was at an age to be easily flattered by the admiration of a man of mature years.

He was considerably older than I, always well dressed, versed in social forms, liberal with money, exhibiting a certain dashing recklessness which proved most attractive to all the girls I knew.

Indeed, I think it was largely because of their envy that I was first led to accept his attentions.

However, I was very young, utterly inexperienced, while he was thoroughly versed in every trick by which to interest one of my nature.

He claimed to be a successful dramatist and author, thus adding materially to my conception of his character and capability.