He could assure me most earnestly that I should do no good by knocking at this prince's doors, and have nothing but bitterness if I did in the end discover my father.
'Surely you understand the advantages of being bred a gentleman ?' he wound up.

'Under your grandfather's care you have a career before you, a fine fortune in prospect, everything a young man can wish for.

And I must tell you candidly, you run great risk of missing all these things by hunting your father to earth.

Give yourself a little time: reflect on it.' 'I have,' I cried.

'I have come out to find him, and I must.' The colonel renewed his arguments and persuasions until he was worn out.
I thanked him continually for his kindness.