[Newton Forster by Frederick Marryat]@TWC D-Link bookNewton Forster CHAPTER XXXIV 6/18
Further, I consider that the merchants of Madeira are bound to send me a letter of thanks, with a pipe of Bual to prove its sincerity.
Now I recollect Stoddart did promise me some wine when he was last in England; but I suppose he has forgotten it. But from the produce I must return to the island and my passengers.
The first day of their arrival they ate their dinner, took their coffee, and returned to bed early to enjoy a comfortable night after so many of constant pitching and tossing.
The next morning the ladies were much better, and received the visits of all the captains of the India ships, and also of the captain of the frigate who escorted them. The officers of the _Bombay Castle_ had been invited to dinner; and the first mate not being inclined to leave the ship, Newton had for one accepted the invitation.
On his arrival, he discovered in the captain of the frigate his former acquaintance, Captain Carrington, in whose ship he had obtained a passage from the West Indies, and who, on the former being paid off, had been appointed to the command of the _Boadicea_.
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