All the equipages were embarked on board six small vessels, which ascended the Rio Grande to the distance of about fifty leagues up the country.

Now, Cosette was boarded out at the village of Montfermeil, some leagues distance from M, with a family grasping and dishonest, and to raise money for Cosette's keep had brought Fantine to misery and sickness.

After sailing 107 leagues eastwards along the coast of Cuba, the admiral arrived at its eastern end, and departed thence on the 5th December for Hispaniola, which is only 18 leagues distant; yet he could not reach it till next day, on account of the currents.

What cheering did you share, Impulsive in the van, When down upon leagued France and Spain We English ran The freshet at your bowsprit Like the foam upon the can.

Hate leagued the pair, and secretly they wrought, In fratricide, the first dread crime.

"'Twas there," he said, "that gladness passed me by, In yonder valley, where I sought the truth; And there, a few leagues up the rocky slope, I said good-bye to Youth.

O cease thy questions, nor thus league thyself With the Erinnys; still they blow away, With fiendish joy, the ashes from my soul, Lest the last embers of the fiery brand The fatal heritage of Pelops' house, Should there be quenched.