'I am dying on the open sea, disgraced, but free,' he said.

'I am not innocent in act, but I was not guilty of intentional wrong.

I did what I did that you should have all you wished, all you ought to have.

I ask but this--and I shall soon ask for nothing--that you will have a kind thought, now and then, for the man who always loved you, and loves you yet.

I have never blamed you that you did not come near me in my trouble; but I wish you were here for a moment before I go away for ever.