I am too old, and too poor; and I must put up as well as I can with her loss--drown her image in old Falernian till I embark in Charon's boat for good!--Really, if I had the industry I could write some good Horatian verses on my inauspicious situation!...

Ah, well;--in this way I affect levity over my troubles; but in plain truth my life will not be the brightest without her.' 'Don't be down-hearted! you are too--too gentlemanly, De Stancy, in this matter--you are too soon put off--you should have a touch of the canvasser about you in approaching her; and not stick at things.

You have my hearty invitation to travel with us all the way till we cross to England, and there will be heaps of opportunities as we wander on.

I'll keep a slow pace to give you time.' 'You are very good, my friend! Well, I will try again.

I am full of doubt and indecision, mind, but at present I feel that I will try again.
There is, I suppose, a slight possibility of something or other turning up in my favour, if it is true that the unexpected always happens--for I foresee no chance whatever....