I write down these opinions not because I believe that this or any other thing was so because I thought so, but only because I did think so and I want to be quite candid about all I thought and did. These were my thoughts about Richard. I thought I often observed besides how right my guardian was in what he had said, and that the uncertainties and delays of the Chancery suit had imparted to his nature something of the careless spirit of a gamester who felt that he was part of a great gaming system.

I write down these opinions only because I want to be quite candid about all I thought and did. I often observed how right my guardian was in what he had said, that the uncertainties of the Chancery suit had given Richard's nature something of the careless spirit of a gamester who felt that he was part of a great gaming system.
