Having a wife and family at Bristol, he was willing to make a sacrifice on their account: but when he himself was not permitted to read the articles, he began to suspect bad work, and that there would be nothing but misery in the approaching voyage.

Thompson entreated me to extricate him if I could.

He was sure, he said, if he went to the coast with that man, meaning the captain, that he would never return alive.
I was very unwilling to refuse anything to Thompson.

I was deeply bound to him in gratitude for the many services he had rendered me, but I scarcely saw how I could serve him on this occasion.

I promised, however, to speak to him in an hour's time.