I lie here because I wish to conceal my circumstances and myself, and not to arrive in a new world badged and ticketed as an utterly poverty-stricken man.

If I could have afforded a passage in the after-cabin I should have held up my head with the rest.

As I couldn't I hide it.

Do you understand that ?' 'I am very sorry, sir,' said Mark.

'I didn't know you took it so much to heart as this comes to.' 'Of course you didn't know,' returned his master.