Have no more suspicion of me than I have of you; tell me the whole truth." "Here it is.

You suppose me wealthy, and I am not so; as soon as what there is now in my purse is spent I shall have nothing left.

You may fancy that I was born a patrician, but my social condition is really inferior to your own.

I have no lucrative talents, no profession, nothing to give me the assurance that I am able to earn my living.

I have neither relatives nor friends, nor claims upon anyone, and I have no serious plan or purpose before me.