and I did not doubt but there was something in the circumstance very extraordinary.
The door being only half shut, I opened it, went in, and standing upright before the niche, I repeated this prayer aloud: “Praise be to God, who has favoured us with a happy voyage, and may he be graciously pleased to protect us in the same manner, until we arrive again in our own country. Hear me, O Lord, and grant my request.”
The young man turned his eyes towards me,
and I did not doubt but there was something in the circumstance very extraordinary.
The door being only half shut, I opened it, went in, and standing upright before the niche, I repeated this prayer aloud: “Praise be to God, who has favoured us with a happy voyage, and may he be graciously pleased to protect us in the same manner, until we arrive again in our own country. Hear me, O Lord, and grant my request.”
The young man turned his eyes towards me,