He sought me a partner betimes.

Mr.Mason, a West India planter and merchant, was his old acquaintance.

He was certain his possessions were real and vast: he made inquiries.

Mr.Mason, he found, had a son and daughter; and he learned from him that he could and would give the latter a fortune of thirty thousand pounds: that sufficed.

When I left college, I was sent out to Jamaica, to espouse a bride already courted for me.