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and hardly ever expected to see again ! 

 The Bengalee meant that his news would 

 fill me with joy, but in the native language 

 they would use the idiom, "whiten your 

 face.'' I felt much elated, as I knew he 

 had something pleasant to tell me, and I 

 had supped so much sorrow lately that it 

 was time I should have my innings on the 

 other tack. 



My friend now lay down, and was not 

 long in going to sleep, and I watched him, 

 longing for his awaking. He slept 

 wonderfully sound, and, as the afternoon 

 wore on, I felt sorely tempted to rouse him, 

 which I did at last by an assumed fit of 

 coughing. He sat gazing at us for a few 

 minutes on first awaking, before he could 

 recollect where he was, and then he began 

 to give me the information my heart longed 

 to hear. 



