The Different Manner In
Which These Men Were Affected, Corresponding To Their Different
Characters, Was Not A Little Remarkable.
John was a foreigner
and high-tempered, and, though mortified, as any one would be at
having had the worst of an encounter, yet his chief feeling seemed
to be anger; and he talked much of satisfaction and revenge, if he
ever got back to Boston.
But with the other, it was very different.
He was an American, and had had some education; and this thing coming
upon him, seemed completely to break him down. He had a feeling
of the degradation that had been inflicted upon him, which the
other man was incapable of. Before that, he had a good deal of
fun, and mused us often with queer negro stories, - (he was from
a slave state); but afterwards he seldom smiled; seemed to lose
all life and elasticity; and appeared to have but one wish,
and that was for the voyage to be at an end. I have often known
him to draw a long sigh when he was alone, and he took but little
part or interest in John's plans of satisfaction and retaliation.
After a stay of about a fortnight, during which we slipped for
one south-easter, and were at sea two days, we got under weigh for
Santa Barbara. It was now the middle of April, and the south-easter
season was nearly over; and the light, regular trade-winds, which blow
down the coast, began to set steadily in, during the latter part of
each day.
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