"'Has he ever heard of my existence? would he be glad to know me?'

"'I don't think he has, and it is better he should not, for he is likely to marry, and will then have relations of his own.'"

"Have you done with these papers, Isabella?" said Glentworth; "they are to me of the greatest importance:" and he took from her hands those sheets the reader has looked over, receiving them with a very different expression of countenance to that he lately wore.