Whereupon He Observed, That In The Course Of A Week Or
Two He Expected To Be There Also, When He Hoped That We Should
Meet, As He Had Much More To Tell Me.
"And peradventure," he
added, "you can afford me counsel which will be profitable, for you
are a person of
Experience, versed in the ways of many nations; and
when I look in your countenance, heaven seems to open to me, for I
think I see the countenance of a friend, even of a brother." He
then bade me farewell, and departed; the strange bearded man, who
during our conversation had remained patiently waiting at the door,
following him. I remarked that there was less wildness in his look
than on the former occasion, but at the same time, more melancholy,
and his features were wrinkled like those of an aged man, though he
had not yet passed the prime of youth.
CHAPTER LIII
Genoese Mariners - St. Michael's Cave - Midnight Abysses - Young
American - A Slave Proprietor - The Fairy Man - Infidelity.
Throughout the whole of that night it blew very hard, but as the
wind was in the Levant quarter, I had no apprehension of being
detained longer at Gibraltar on that account. I went on board the
vessel at an early hour, when I found the crew engaged in hauling
the anchor close, and making other preparations for sailing. They
informed me that we should probably start in an hour. That time
however passed, and we still remained where we were, and the
captain continued on shore.
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