Wallace was without kindred, and probably without friends, in the city.

The merchant in whose service he had placed himself was connected with him by no considerations but that of interest.

What then must be his situation when seized with a malady which all believed to be contagious, and the fear of which was able to dissolve the strongest ties that bind human beings together?
I was personally a stranger to this youth.

I had seen his letters, and they bespoke, not indeed any great refinement or elevation of intelligence, but a frank and generous spirit, to which I could not refuse my esteem; but his chief claim to my affection consisted in his consanguinity to Mr.Hadwin, and his place in the affections of Susan.
His welfare was essential to the happiness of those whose happiness had become essential to mine.

I witnessed the outrages of despair in the daughter, and the symptoms of a deep but less violent grief in the sister and parent.