He had gained his end, and taken the first step in the great road to
fortune; and he doubted not his future relations with Jaspar would
suggest a second.
The body of the deceased lady was claimed by Dalhousie, in behalf of
Jaspar, and interred in Vicksburg.
In company with the new overseer and his wife, Jaspar returned the next
day to Bellevue.
CHAPTER XVII.
"Say quick! quoth he; I bid thee say,
What manner of man art thou?
"Forthwith, this frame of mine was wrenched
With a woful agony,
Which forced me to begin my tale;
And then it left me free." ANCIENT MARINER.
The morning advanced, and Henry Carroll, under the influence of the
powerful opiate, still slept. By his side sat the misanthropic
physician, who seemed to have learned a lesson of the dealing of the
Creator with the creature such as he had never before acquired. He had
rescued a fellow-creature from sure death, and the act seemed a part of
the great duties of life which he had so long neglected. He reflected
upon the numerous opportunities of doing good to his fellow-men from
which his hermit-life debarred him.
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