aughter to publish a father's errors; but you know
all, and I can therefore have no scruple in consulting with you: I do
not see why I should. My resolution is, at best a hasty one; but it is,
never to enter the house of my relation, under such humiliating
circumstances--that is decided: but how to act, or what to do, is where
I require advice. I am in a cruel situation. What a helpless creature
is a woman! Were I a man, I could have worked my passage home; or have
honestly obtained my bread in this place; but a woman--a young and
unprotected woman--in a distant clime, and without a friend--"

"Do not say that you are without a friend; one who has at least the
will, if not the power to serve you," replied Newton.

"No--not without a friend; but what avails a friend whose assistance I
could not accept? It is to Captain Drawlock, therefore, that I must
apply, and, painful as it may be, throw myself upon his generosity; for
that reason I wished to see him. He may advise some means by which I
may obtain a passage home. I will return in any capacity, as a nurse to
children, as an attendant--any thing that is creditable. I would watch
over the couch of fever, pestilence, and plague, for months, rather than
appear to be a party to my father's duplicity. Oh! Mr Forster, what
must you think of the daughters, after what you have heard of the
parent's conduct?"--and Isabel burst into tears.

Newton could contain himself no longer. "My dear Miss Revel, let me
persuade you to compose yourself," said he, taking her hand, which was
not withdrawn; "if you feel on this occasion, so do I most deeply;--most
deeply, because I can only lament, and dare not offer to assist you.
The means of returning to your own country, I can easily procure from
Captain Drawlock; but would you accept it from me? I know--I cannot
expect that you would; and that, under such circumstances, it would be
insulting in me to offer it. Think, then, what pain I must feel to
witness your distress, and yet dare not offer to assist one for whom--
oh! my God--" ended Newton, checking his feelings.

"I feel the kindness and the delicacy of your conduct, Mr Forster; and
I will candidly acknowledge, that, could I accept it, there is no one to
whom I would more cheerfully be under an obligation; but the world will
not permit it."

"What shall I do, Miss Revel?--shall I go for Captain Drawlock?"

"Stay a little while, I wish to reflect. What would you advis