Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 153: what you’re looking at

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Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. 147 to sail for Spain, and asked me whether I still wishcd to‘follow his fortunes, or whether I would rather be set on shore to do the best I could for myself. While thanking him for his great and uni- form kindness, I begged that he would not think me lacking in appreciation and grati- tude if I preferred the latter course, alleging that my one consuming desire was to get back to my own country, and my consequent unwillingness to embark upon a voyage which would of necessity carry me so much farther than I already was from the place where all my hopes and joys centred. He took my explanation in excellent part; and when, twenty years later, I visited Paris after the peace of Utrecht, I was rejoiced to find him hale and hearty, and to renew an acquaintance which, so strangely begun, had ripened into warm friendship before we _ parted. ‘ This we did most amicably. He presented me with a considerable sum of money, under guise of repayment for my services to him, and wished me all good luck and a safe and happy return to my own home. comichbooks.com