Under this pretence, the vessel was captured and condemned, and this was a cause of forfeiture which had not been provided against in the contract of insurance.
"By this untoward event my hopes were irreparably blasted.

The utmost efforts were demanded to conceal my thoughts from my companion.

The anguish that preyed upon my heart was endeavoured to be masked by looks of indifference.

I pretended to have been previously informed by the messenger not only of the capture, but of the cause that led to it, and forbore to expatiate upon my loss, or to execrate the authors of my disappointment.

My mind, however, was the theatre of discord and agony, and I waited with impatience for an opportunity to leave him.
"For want of other topics, I asked by whom this information had been brought.