24/25 "And I don't doubt we shall find the English papers have copied it, when we get to Liverpool. If you will take my advice, sir, you will cultivate a sagacious insensibility to the comments of the press." "Do you think I care for myself ?" Amelius asked indignantly. "It's the poor woman I am thinking of. What can I do to clear her character ?" "Well, sir," suggested Rufus, "in your place, I should have a notification circulated through the ship, announcing a lecture on the subject (weather permitting) in the course of the afternoon. That's the way we should do it at Coolspring." Amelius listened without conviction. |