and to start on Thursday for New York with the young lady; and with the view of aiding him in his object she had helped him with money.  She had bought clothes for him, and had been busy with Hetta for two days preparing for his long journey,—­having told some lie to her own daughter as to the cause of her brother’s intended journey.  He had not gone, but had come, drunk and degraded, back to the house.  She had searched his pockets with less scruple than she had ever before felt, and had found his ticket for the vessel and the few sovereigns which were left to him.  About him she could read the riddle plainly.  He had stayed at his club till he was drunk, and had gambled away all his money.  When she had...