11/56 I owe not only my life, but all that I am, to you. Had you been without friends, I would have taken you to England. But happily you are among your own people, and have now been living with your good brother and his wife for four-and-twenty years; and I can leave you, knowing that you are perfectly comfortable and happy. "I have all that I can desire. Those who are rich here are not the best off, for it is they who are squeezed when our lords have need of money. |