Doubt not that I will attack them on the first opportunity.

I thank you heartily for putting me in mind of my duty.

I have hitherto, to use your own words, been too fond of money-getting, like all my countrymen.

I am much indebted to you; farewell! and may every prosperity await you." For some time after I had deciphered the epistle, I stood as if rooted to the floor.

I felt stunned--my last hope was gone; presently a feeling arose in my mind--a feeling of self-reproach.