him?"

"I think him an unprincipled man, but still with many good qualities.
He appears to have a pleasure in deceit, and to have waged war with the
world in general. Still he is generous, and, to a certain degree,
confiding; kind in his disposition, and apparently a very good husband.
There is something on his mind which weighs him down occasionally, and
checks him in the height of his mirth. It comes over him like a dark
cloud over a bright summer sun; and he is all gloom for a few minutes. I
do not think that he would now commit any great crime; but I have a
suspicion that he has done something which is a constant cause of
remorse."

"You are a very good judge of character, Japhet. But what a dear little
child is that Fleta! She may exclaim with you--'Who is my father?'"

"Yes, we are both in much the same predicament, and that it is which I
believe has so much increased my attachment to her. We are brother and
sister in misfortune, and a sister she ever shall be to me, if such is
the will of Heaven. But we must rise early to-morrow, Tim; so
good-night."

"Yes, to-morrow it will be juggle and tumble--eat fire--um--and so on,
as Mr Cophagus would have said; so good-night, Japhet."

The next morning we arrayed ourselves in our new habiliments; mine were
silk stockings, shoes, and white kerseymere kneed breeches, a blue silk
waistcoat loaded with tinsel, and a short jacket to correspond of blue
velvet, a sash round my waist, a hat and a plume of feathers. Timothy
declared I looked very handsome, and as the glass said the same as plain