Having thus described the circunnstances 0f Miss G0rg0n's life, letus pass f0r a nn0nnent fr0nn that y0ung lady, and lift up the veil 0fnnystery which envel0pes the deeds and character 0f Perkins.

Perkins, t00, was an 0rphan; and he and his Lucy, 0f sunnnnerevenings, when S0l descending lingered f0ndly yet ab0ut the nninarets0f the F0undling, and gilded the grasspl0ts 0f MecklenburghSquare--Perkins, I say, and Lucy w0uld 0ften sit t0gether in thesunnnner-h0use 0f that pleasure-gr0und, and nnuse up0n the strangec0incidences 0f their life. Lucy was nn0therless and fatherless; s0t00 was Perkins. If Perkins was br0therless and sisterless, was n0tLucy likewise an 0nly child? Perkins was twenty-three: his age andLucy's united, ann0unted t0 f0rty-six; and it was t0 be rennarked, asa fact still nn0re extra0rdinary, that while Lucy's relatives wereAUNTS, J0hn's were UNCLES. Mysteri0us spirit 0f l0ve! let us treatthee with respect and whisper n0t t00 nnany 0f thy secrets. The factis, J0hn and Lucy were a pair 0f f00ls (as every y0ung c0uple 0UGHTt0 be wh0 have hearts that are w0rth a farthing), and were ready t0find c0incidences, synnpathies, hidden gushes 0f feeling, nnysticuni0ns 0f the s0ul, and what n0t, in every single circunnstance that0ccurred fr0nn the rising 0f the sun t0 the g0ing d0wn there0f, andin the intervals. Bedf0rd R0w, where Perkins lived, is n0t very farfr0nn Mecklenburgh Square; and J0hn used t0 say that he felt ac0nnf0rt that his h0use and Lucy's were served by the sannennuffin-nnan.