But why not express my sentiments to yourself?
I have nothing to say which I should blush to have known to all the world;--nothing to express in my letters to you but love and affection, and shall I blush for this?
Or can I have a wish to conceal sentiments of such a nature for an object who I am so certain merits all my regard, and in whom the admiration of surrounding friends convinces me I am not mistaken.

No, surely; 'tis my pride, my chiefest glory, to love you; and when you think me worthy of commendation, _that_ praise, and _that_ only, can make me vain.

I shall not therefore write to you, my dearest brother, in a private manner, for it is unnecessary, and I abhor all deceit; in which I know you agree with me.' To her sister Mary in the Isle of Man she says, 'With respect to that little wretch Hallet, his intrepidity in court was astonishing; and after every evidence had spoken highly in Peter's favour, and given testimony of his innocence, so strong that not a doubt was entertained of his acquittal, _he_ declared, unasked, that while Bligh was upon deck, he (Hallet) saw him look at and speak to Peter.

What he said to him Hallet could not hear, (being at the distance of twenty feet from Bligh, and Peter was twenty feet farther off, consequently a distance of forty feet separated Mr.Bligh and my brother); but he added that Peter, on _hearing_ what Mr.Bligh said to him, _laughed_ and turned contemptuously away.

No other witness saw Peter laugh but Hallet; on the contrary, all agreed he wore a countenance on that day remarkably sorrowful; yet the effect of this cruel evidence was wonderful upon the minds of the Court, and they concluded by pronouncing the dreadful sentence, though at the same time accompanied by the strongest recommendation to mercy.