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“Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends. It was one which could not fail to impress itself deeply on my mind,

“I now hasten to the more moving part of my story. I shall relate events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I was, have made me what I am.

I lay on my straw, but I could not sleep. I thought of the occurrences of the day. What chiefly struck me was the gentle manners of these people;

It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original æra of my being: all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct

The next day, contrary to the prognostications of our guides, was fine, although clouded. We visited the source of the Arveiron,

Nothing is more painful to the human mind, than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events

We passed a few sad hours, until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to commence. My father and the rest of the family being obliged to attend