Meanwhile, I was to live in a manner that would not belie my pretensions; but my coffers were empty.
"I cannot adequately paint the anxieties with which I have been haunted.
Each hour has added to the burden of my existence, till, in consequence of the events of this day, it has become altogether insupportable.

Some hours ago, I was summoned by Thetford to his house.

The messenger informed me that tidings had been received of my ship.

In answer to my eager interrogations, he could give no other information than that she had been captured by the British.

He was unable to relate particulars.
"News of her safe return would, indeed, have been far more acceptable; but even this information was a source of infinite congratulation.