"Thanks, my dear Ellenor," said the Captain, "for your part of these explanations. It indeed shows me, by what trifles the happiness or misery of life may be occasioned. For a farther and final explanation, Sir Henry, we must now refer to you." "The task," said Sir Henry, "is indeed a painful one: as it must discover the vices of a parent--nature still forces me to love!" He paused a moment, when, perceiving all were attentive, he began his relation, in the following words. END OF VOLUME II. End of Project Gutenberg's The Mysterious Wanderer; Vol. II, by Sophia Reeve