arose numberless reserves and incapacitating diffidences; but these
were speedily dissipated by the fascinations of this man's address.
His superiority was only rendered, by time, more conspicuous, but
this superiority, by appearing never to be present to his own mind,
ceased to be uneasy to me. My questions required to be frequently
answered, and my mistakes to be rectified; but my keenest scrutiny,
could detect in his manner, neither arrogance nor contempt. He
seemed to talk merely from the overflow of his ideas, or a
benevolent desire of imparting information.



Chapter IV.


My visits gradually became more frequent. Meanwhile my wants
increased, and the necessity of some change in my condition became
daily more urgent. This incited my reflections on the scheme which
I had formed. The time and place suitable to my design, were not
selected without much anxious inquiry and frequent waverings of
purpose. These being at length fixed, the interval to elapse,
before the carrying of my design into effect, was not without
perturbation and suspense. These could not be concealed from my
new friend and at length prompted him to inquire into the cause.

It was not possible to communicate the whole truth; but the
warmth of his manner inspired me with some degree of ingenuousness.
I did not hide from him my former hopes and my present destitute
condition. He listened to my tale with no expressions of sympathy,
and when I had finished, abruptly inquired whether I had any