When he died he told me I must take his place as head of the family.

I was not so attractive as my brother and sister; I was shy and reserved.

Naturally my mother cared most for them.

I fear she was too indulgent.

My sister married badly, and I had to try to help her.
My poor brother, he was always in trouble and yet he meant well----' "And so he told Jack the whole melancholy history, entering into details which I have forgotten, and which, even if I remembered them, it would be only painful to relate.