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 of us have thought too great, for obtaining a place in this boat only a few hours ago! Yet you, alone, seem to have discovered, that the true art of supporting present inconvenience is to compare it with past calamity,&mdash;not with our disappointed wishes."

"Calamity!" repeated she with vivacity, "ah! if once I reach that shore,&mdash;that blessed shore! shall I have a sorrow left?"

"The belief that you will not," said he, smiling, "will almost suffice for your security, since, certainly, half our afflictions are those which we suffer through anticipation."

There was time for nothing more; the near approach to land seeming to fill every bosom, for the instant, with sensations equally enthusiastic.