Capt. Harry Grosvenor has also bade adieu to his
much-loved home on the sea; for together with Winnie's entreaties, and
the goodly amount of wealth, which she declares as rightly belonging to
her husband as to herself, he has been induced to give his little wife
the promise that he will sail the seas no more.
But there is one, who is no unimportant member of this happy family, for
whom you have forgotten to inquire, so intent are you, as you pass out
from them into the silent night, upon what you have seen and heard; but
you are minded of this negligence by a voice near, and a negro,
tottering from beneath the weight of years, whom you recognize at once
as old Vingo, stands before you. His mind is much impaired, for he has
attained his second childhood; yet from his disconnected remarks, it is
evident that he still retains a pleasant remembrance of the past.
"Old Bingo neber want noting more," he replies to your question of what
you can do for him; "nobody neber can do noting more for Bingo; for
Missy Sea-flower hab gib Bingo, Phillis, and gib him Heaben, and what
more does he want?"
"And where is your mistress's home?" you ask.
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