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During a calm, when close in shore, Mr Banks went out in a small boat for the purpose of shooting. While he was away four double canoes were seen to put off from the shore, and to pull towards him. Captain Cook trembled for his friend's safety, for Mr Banks could not see the signals made to hasten his return. At length he noticed the natives, and his boat's head was turned towards the ship.
Only a couple of soldiers were on guard; these took a careless view of the travellers, and let them pass without speaking. Marcian rode up to his friend's side, and spoke softly. 'You have promised to be advised by me. Basil answered only with a dull nod. 'I will see her to-day, continued the other, 'and will bring you the news before I sleep. 'Do so. No more words passed between them.
She sat beside her on a stool, looking up every now and then with an expression of humble delight at her new friend's beauty.
After apologising for his friend's want of a cocked hat, he proceeded to exhibit his learning, declaring that he had studied "Plutarch", "Caesar's Commentaries", "Epictetus", "Marshal Saxe's Military Reveries " Here he was stopped by the grasp of Toussaint's hand upon his arm.
Even without her friend's confidences, Justine would have had no difficulty in following the successive stages of the Amhersts' inner history.
His eyes wandered; her volubility shook a sort of sweetness out of the friend's silence. The stranger was perhaps not obviously a beauty nor obviously an American, but essentially both for the really seeing eye. She was slight and fair and, though naturally pale, was delicately flushed just now, as by the effect of late agitation.
When darkness set in he would furtively steal out to a friend's hut, where he would participate in the frugal supper, and afterwards engage in the family worship, which is never forgotten by the Highlanders. He was always welcome wherever he went. He had no fear of being betrayed. He knew his friends, and trusted them.
He then, at his friend's request, delivered him Miss Matthews's letter, in which was a second direction to her lodgings, and declared to him that, if he could bring him safely out of this terrible affair, he should think himself to have a still higher obligation to his friendship than any which he had already received from it.
He had said, in the outset, that Jonas was too sharp for him; and Jonas, who would have been sharp enough to believe him in nothing else, though he had solemnly sworn it, believed him in that, instantly. It was with a faltering hand, and yet with an imbecile attempt at a swagger, that he knocked at his new friend's door in Pall Mall when the appointed hour arrived.
When I knew that this lady was disposed to buy an estate in the neighborhood of our friend's parish, I wrote about it to the marquis; and he, remembering you, desired me to ask you to render him this small service, which, as you see, will not remain without a recompense. For I tell you once more, and I will prove it, that I have the power to keep you in your place as bailiff."
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