EULOGY. 215 



The copper's hot this morning, I thought, 

 as I deliberately drank mine, and then 

 made my exit, not a little gratified at 

 hearing such an eulogy on one united to 

 me by ties of unbroken affection, although 

 from the lips of one of the most unpolished 

 orators I had ever heard. 



I did as I promised, and it was not 

 long before my brother, attending to 

 my summons, came from Hampshire, and 

 joyfully took his seat by my side. He 

 had always entertained a better opinion 

 of both my heart and understanding than 

 I did myself, perhaps far better than 

 I deserved ; and never suffered the re- 

 gard and esteem we had for each other 

 to be damaged by any word or deed of 

 his, much less by any change in my 

 fortune. 



On our way down to Redbourn he 

 told me this doctor was a very extra- 

 ordinary character; that when on board 



