"My wife--the best wife that ever lived--has been traced here by her people.

Of course, my name isn't Lawrence, and there was some trouble in finding her.

They want her to leave me, and offer to provide for her and the boy.

The work is killing her--you see how pale and thin she is--and the boy hasn't the chance he ought to have.

They are worth more than a broken and beaten man like I am.