in a great degreewithin my own cognizance. His aid would be
proportioned to my wants and to my meritsand I had only to take care
that my claims were justfor them to be admitted.
MEMOIRS OF CARWIN THE BILOQUIST [A fragment]
23
This scheme could not but appear to me eligible. I thirsted after an
acquaintance with new scenes; my present situation could not be changed
for a worse; I trusted to the constancy of Ludloe's friendship; to this at
least it was better to trust than to the success of my imposture on Dorothy
which was adopted merely as a desperate expedient: finally I determined
to embark with him.
In the course of this voyage my mind was busily employed. There
were no other passengers beside ourselvesso that my own condition and
the character of Ludloecontinually presented themselves to my
reflections. It will be supposed that I was not a vague or indifferent
observer.
There were no vicissitudes in the deportment or lapses in the discourse
of my friend. His feelings appeared to preserve an unchangeable tenor
and his thoughts and words always to flow with the same rapidity. His
slumber was profound and his wakeful hours serene. He was regular and
temperate in all his exercises
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