? ? ? ? "I could teach either, sir."
? ? ? ? "And of course you are well up in English branches?"
? ? ? ? "I think I am."
? ? ? ? "My sister hints that you are poor, and obliged to earn your own living. How, then, have you been able to secure so good an education?"
? ? ? ? "I have only been poor for a short time. My father left me fifty thousand dollars, but it was lost by my guardian."
? ? ? ? "Who was your guardian?"
? ? ? ? "Mr. Benjamin Fielding."
? ? ? ? "I knew him well. I don't think he was an unprincipled man, but he was certainly imprudent, and was led into acts that were reprehensible. Did he lose all your money for you?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, sir."
? ? ? ? "What did you do?"
? ? ? ? "Left the boarding school where I was being educated, and came to this city."
? ? ? ? "Did you obtain any employment?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, sir; I have been employed for a short time by Otis Goodnow, a merchant of Reade Street."
? ? ? ? "And why did you leave?"
? ? ? ? "Because Mr.
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