But a Senator is not a soothsayer, and no impression of the kind once touched him.

He got Mr.Sands his billet, and said it gave him pleasure to comply with the request of his young friend, Mr.Storms.

To Richard, the hereafter was as opaque as it was to Senator Hanway, and, having seen his protege installed, he walked away unconscious of a morn to dawn when Mr.Sands would recur as an instance of that bread upon the waters which returns after many days..