news of his good fortune had preceded him,
and he received all that homage which is invariably shown to a man who
has many creditors, and the means of satisfying all their demands. As
he had prophesied, the little gentleman in black was as obsequious as
could be desired, and threw out many indirect hints of the pleasure he
should have in superintending Mr Rainscourt's future arrangements; and
by way of reinstating himself in his good graces, acquainted him with a
plan for reducing the amount of the demands that were made upon him.
Rainscourt, who never forgave, so far acceded to the lawyer's wishes, as
to permit him to take that part of the arrangements into his hands; and
after Mr J--- had succeeded in bringing the usurers to reasonable
terms--when all had been duly signed and sealed, not only were his
services declined for the future, but the servants were desired to show
him the street-door.

As his wife had remarked, Rainscourt found no difficulty in making
friends of all sorts, and of both sexes--and he had launched into a
routine of gaiety and dissipation, in which he continued for several
months, without allowing his wife and daughter to interrupt his
amusements, or to enter his thoughts. He had enclosed an order upon the
banker at --- soon after his arrival in London, and he considered that
he had done all that was requisite. Such was not, however, the opinion
of his wife--to be immured in a lonely castle in Ireland, was neither
her intention nor her taste. Finding that repeated letters were
unanswered, in which she requested permission to join him, and pointed
out the necessity that Emily, who was now nearly twelve years old,
should have the advantages of tuition which his fortune could command,
she packed up a slender wardrobe, and in a week arrived in London with
Emily, and drove up to the door of the hotel, to which Rainscourt had
directed that his letters should be addressed.

Rainscourt was not at home when she arrived; announcing herself as his
wife, she was shown upstairs into his apartments, a minute survey of
which, with their contents, was immediately made; and the notes and
letters, which were carelessly strewed upon the tables, and all of which
she took the liberty to peruse, had the effect of throwing Mrs
Rainscourt into a transport of jealousy and indignation. The minutes
appeared hours, and the hours months, until he made his appearance,
which he at last did, accompanied by two fashionable