'I thought, I say, that he was a man to be trusted. He did not look like one who drank: he did not follow other actresses about with his eyes: I say, Will, that I thought I could trust him. He came to my lodging. He told me that he was a rich City merchant: he asked me what I should like if I would marry him and he promised to give it to me--that--and anything else----' 'If you did not love him--Jenny----' 'I did not love him. I will tell you. I wanted to get away from the man I did love; and so I wanted, above all, to be taken away from London and the Theatre into the country, never to hear anything more about the stage. Had he done what he promised, Will, I would have made a good wife to him, although he is a slimy worm. But he did not. He broke his word on the very morning when we came out of church----' 'How?' 'He began by saying that he had a little explanation to offer. He said that when he told me he was a rich merchant--that, indeed, was his reputation: but his position was embarrassed: he wanted money: he wished not to borrow any: he therefore thought that if he married an actress--that class of persons being notorious for having no honour--his very words to me, actually, his very words an hour after leaving the church--he intended to open a gaming-house at which I was to be the decoy. Now you understand why I call him a villain, and a wretch, and a slimy worm.' 'Jenny!' 'I left him on the spot after telling him what he was--I left him--I left the Theatre as well. I had a friend who found me the money to take this place under another name. I have seen the man many times here--last night--and once I called upon him and I made him give me the money to get you out of the Prison, Will.' 'Matthew found that money?' 'Of course, he did. I had none--I went to him and reminded him that he had contributed nothing to the maintenance of his wife, and that he must give me whatever the sum was. He was obliged to give it, otherwise I should have informed the clerks of the Counting-house who I was.' I laughed. 'Well, but Jenny, there was another man----'