196 A SAGA OF THE SEAS 
tion, and that I regret extremely that I have never yet been able 
to visit your country. I need not tell you how many are my en- 
gagements here, and how uncertain is the prospect of my being 
able to see the many kind friends I have in the States. 
I must ask you to thank the gentlemen who wrote to me, and to 
say that I am very grateful to them for their kind remembrance 
of me. 
I wish you a pleasant voyage and return. I almost envy you the 
ease with which, after your long experience, you cross the At- 
lantic. 
I shall wait with confidence, but not without anxiety, what the 
cable will bring us the day after your election. I see four States 
have their elections to-day, from which something may be judged 
of what is to come. 
I am, always very sincerely, your friend, 
John Bright. 
