As to food and sleep, they were not to be purchased in this city.
"True," answered my companion, with quickness, "they are not to be bought; but I will furnish you with as much as you desire of both, for nothing.

That is my abode," continued he, pointing to the house which he had lately left.

"I reside with a widow lady and her daughter, who took my counsel, and fled in due season.

I remain to moralize upon the scene, with only a faithful black, who makes my bed, prepares my coffee, and bakes my loaf.

If I am sick, all that a physician can do, I will do for myself, and all that a nurse can perform, I expect to be performed by _Austin_.
"Come with me, drink some coffee, rest a while on my mattress, and then fly, with my benedictions on your head." These words were accompanied by features disembarrassed and benevolent.
My temper is alive to social impulses, and I accepted his invitation, not so much because I wished to eat or to sleep, but because I felt reluctance to part so soon with a being who possessed so much fortitude and virtue.
He was surrounded by neatness and plenty.