The doctor was as curious to learn how his suggestions would affect the conduct of Mrs. Radford when she should report to Blackwood, and he rightly foredeemed an early conference at the Lexington Avenue residence.

Troubled, 'wilder'd, and forlorn, / Dark, benighted, travel-worn, / Over many a tangled spray, / All heart-broke I heard her say

Heaven's stern decree, / With many an ill, hath numb'd and deaded me.

Dan's brother bought us a bottle of whisky and we got bombed.