He was likewise, I believe, detained by a regard to his interest.

His flight would not have been more injurious to his affairs than it was to those of others; but gain was, in his eyes, the supreme good.

He intended ultimately to withdraw; but his escape to-day, gave him new courage to encounter the perils of to-morrow.

He deferred his departure from day to day, till it ceased to be practicable." "His family," said I, "was numerous.

It consisted of more than his wife and children.