But I am rather fond of gambling, and this is such a desperate throw, that it will be all the more exciting.

I never tried my luck at buying slaves running, and I have rather a fancy for experimenting in that game of chance.

And I confess my curiosity has been so excited by the wonderful accounts I have heard of those nonpareil girls, that I should find the pursuit of them a stimulating occupation.

If I should not succeed, I should at least have the satisfaction of having done a good turn to my old Italian friend." They asked more time to reflect upon it, and to hear from New York and Boston.

With inward maledictions on their slowness, he departed, resolving in his own mind that nothing should keep him much longer from Nassau, come what would.
As he went out, Mr.Chandler remarked: "It's very much like him.