They were younger, at any rate, just now than George; and it
was his, not exactly melancholy, but lack of zest for life, which
mainly induced them so readily to assent to his plans. One bright
June morning, therefore, saw them, with their children, on the deck
of the Liverpool vessel which was to take them to America. Oh day of
days, when after years of limitation, monotony, and embarrassment, we
see it all behind us, and face a new future with an illimitable
prospect! George once more felt his bosom's lord sit lightly on his
throne; once more felt that the sunlight and blue sky were able to
cheer him. So they went away to the West, and we take leave of them.
What became of Zachariah and Pauline? At present I do not know.
Footnotes:
{132} "O ze (ye) my feris (companions) and deir freyndis, quod he,
Of bywent perillis not ignorant ben we,
Ze have sustenit gretir dangeris unkend,
Like as hereof God sall make sone ane end:
The rage of Silla, that huge sweste (whirlpool) in the se
Ze have eschapit and passit eik (each) have ze:
The euer (pot) routand (roaring) Caribdis rokkis fell
The craggis quhare monstruous Cyclopes dwell:
Ze are expert: pluk up zour harts, I zou pray,
This dolorous drede expell and do away.
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