18/38 Mr.Ramsay hired a light cart, and that brought us yesterday far into the forest. We camped there, and I had not more than a couple of miles to walk to get here this morning." "Have you seen the captain ?" Charlie asked eagerly. I was stopped by some sentries, a quarter of a mile away, and was kept there while my guide came on and got permission of the captain for me to be brought in. When I met him, I had no great difficulty in persuading him to let me stop, for Mr.Ramsay had given me fifty rix-dollars to give him; and so, your honour, here I am, and here is a letter from Mr.Ramsay himself." "I cannot tell you how glad I am to have you, Stanislas. I am getting better, but I am so weak that I took five hours, yesterday, to get six miles. |