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was, therefore, with no little gratification, 

 I took his proffered hand, and received 

 his marked attention at the dinner- 

 table. 



It was winter, and he travelled inside, 

 therefore I had but half-an-hour in his 

 company ; but that half-hour was sufficient 

 for me to observe a peculiar gravity in his 

 aspect that surprised me, though intelli- 

 gence and determination were sufficiently 

 developed in his what a casual observer 

 would call placid features. 



His manners to me were simple 

 and unassuming ; while to his equals, 

 I should judge, they would be attrac- 

 tive and confiding. His voice was 

 soft and pleasing very unlike one used 

 to command and altogether his easy 

 carriage enhanced the good opinion I 

 had formed of a man of known capa- 

 city and eminence. 



It was not long after two or three of 

 these meetings when a demise of the 



