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Updated: June 25, 2025
Even now she was the first to rise in the morning and the last to go to bed; had the best appetite at table; and, in her occasional walks, was the least tired. Her late husband Herr F. A. Brohl, of the firm of Brohl, Son & Co. had been one of the largest ship-brokers in Stettin.
This occupation prevented me from thinking of what had occurred, and kept me in good spirits. Arrived at Liverpool, we went to an inn, and my father immediately set out with me to inquire among the ship-brokers what ships were sailing for British North America. "You shall go to an English colony, Peter," said my father.
Little by little the scene on the quay became more animated; sailors of various nations, merchants, ship-brokers, porters, fellahs, bustled to and fro as if the steamer were immediately expected. The weather was clear, and slightly chilly. The minarets of the town loomed above the houses in the pale rays of the sun. A jetty pier, some two thousand yards along, extended into the roadstead.
Up and down the street, on either hand, are the ship-brokers and insurers, and in the upper stories foreign consuls among a multitude of lawyers and notaries. In 1856 this street was just assuming its present character. The cotton merchants were making it their favorite place of commercial domicile.
I told Captain Searle what Captain Hawk had said. "That does not matter," he answered. "He cannot do me more harm than he already seeks to do; so I do not fear him." I was now pretty well convinced of the honesty of Captain Searle; but to assure myself still further, I called on two or three ship-brokers, who all assured me that his ship was a regular trader, and gave a favourable report of him.
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