"Very strange!" ejaculated Mrs. Turner. "They said nothing to me about it."
"I hope they don't owe you any thing," remarked one of the boarders.
"Indeed, they do."
"Not much, ma'am; I hope."
"Over five hundred dollars."
"O, that is too bad! How could you trust a man like Mr. Cameron to such an amount?"
"Why, surely," said Mrs. Turner, "he is a respectable and a responsible merchant; and I was in no want of the money."
"Indeed, Mrs. Turner, he is no such thing."
"Then what is he?"
"He is one of your gentlemen about town, and lives, I suppose, by gambling. At least such is the reputation he bears. I thought you perfectly understood this."