Time, aided by the tenderness and sympathy of friendship, may banish her despair, and relieve her from all but the witcheries of melancholy.
Having disengaged my mind from these reflections, I explained to my companion, in general terms, my reasons for visiting the city, and my curiosity respecting.Thetford.He inquired into the particulars of my journey, and the time of my arrival.

When informed that I had come in the preceding evening, and had passed the subsequent hours without sleep or food, he expressed astonishment and compassion.
"Your undertaking," said he, "has certainly been hazardous.

There is poison in every breath which you draw, but this hazard has been greatly increased by abstaining from food and sleep.

My advice is to hasten back into the country; but you must first take some repose and some victuals.
If you pass Schuylkill before nightfall, it will be sufficient." I mentioned the difficulty of procuring accommodation on the road.

It would be most prudent to set out upon my journey so as to reach _Malverton_ at night.