22/32 So I wrote to her to come out to me. She sailed in the Assam, for Calcutta, but the ship never arrived. She was spoken off the Mauritius, but never seen after. The underwriters have paid up her insurance, and everyone knows now that the Assam went down in a typhoon, with all hands." "God bless you," said Jim! "I'm very sorry for that." "Thank you. I have come here for change of scene more than anything, but I think I shall go back soon." "I shall come with you," said Jim. |