I was happier there, and yet in spite of private woes I still think of that delightful captain and that darling stewardess with affection.

However, no one was hurt, nor even frightened: save two poor ladiesnot from Trinidad- -who spent their doleful days and nights in screaming, telling their beads, drinking weak brandy-and-water, and informing the hunted stewardess that if they had known what horrors they were about to endure, they would have gone to Europe ina sailing vessel.

Under him were placed the stewardess (-vilica-) who took charge of the house, kitchen and larder, poultry-yard and dovecot: a number of ploughmen (-bubulci-) and common serfs, an ass-driver, a swineherd, and, where a flock of sheep was kept, a shepherd.

There I present the stewardess with a modest testimonial of my regard.

Had he but seen my lovely stewardess, I am sure he would instantly have given up negotiations for both, could he thereby have hoped to obtain such a massive treasure as the "Sylph of the 'Franklin.'" FOOTNOTES: [Footnote J: Since I was there, General Cadwallader has taken the place into his own hands.

And with them summon too the wise old stewardess.

Can Grande, the great dog, has been got up out of the pit, where he worried the stewardess and snapped at the friend who tried to pat him on the head.

Who are ye then that ye the house's stewardess