He clapped his hand and a servant brought glasses and wine.

Alvarez filled the glasses himself and handed the first courteously to Wyatt.
"Drink," he said, "I am glad that expedition is over.

The Governor General wished me to go, to explore, to make treaties, and to secure our title, but the wilderness, though interesting, grows monotonous." "It is comfortable here," said Braxton Wyatt, stretching himself in the great cane chair.

He was entirely recovered from his own wound and he appreciated the luxury of the place.
"Yes, it is indeed grateful to the tired body and limbs.

I could feel a complete sense of rest and victory, if it were not for the sting of the wound that boy gave me.