I found him in a little cell by himself, outside the common room of the gaol.

He was sitting in an attitude of great dejection, and when I entered could scarcely recall me to his memory.

I remember thinking that, what with his high cheek-bones, and lank black hair, and brooding eyes, and great muscular frame, Scotland could scarcely have furnished a wilder figure for the admiration of the Carolinas, or wherever he went to.

I did not envy his future master.
But with me he was very friendly and quiet.

His ailment was home-sickness; for though he had been a great voyager, it seemed he was loath to quit our bleak countryside for ever.