But so far, I may tell you, this agrees pretty exactly with other informations that I hold.

But you say you were kidnapped; in what sense ?" "In the plain meaning of the word, sir," said I."I was on my way to your house, when I was trepanned on board the brig, cruelly struck down, thrown below, and knew no more of anything till we were far at sea.

I was destined for the plantations; a fate that, in God's providence, I have escaped." "The brig was lost on June the 27th," says he, looking in his book, "and we are now at August the 24th.

Here is a considerable hiatus, Mr.
Balfour, of near upon two months.

It has already caused a vast amount of trouble to your friends; and I own I shall not be very well contented until it is set right." "Indeed, sir," said I, "these months are very easily filled up; but yet before I told my story, I would be glad to know that I was talking to a friend." "This is to argue in a circle," said the lawyer.