7/32 He is not positive, as it was quite dark, but he thinks this is the place. Then I learned where he had put up for the night--a low sailors' retreat--and found this peddler who said he had sold Harry the silks which he offered me. He brought me here." "Well, I can't help you any. There are only two rooms--I occupy this and my old cook, Jemima, has the other. I have been here for over a month." "Here! in this God-forsaken place! Why, we thought you had gone to Virginia. |