A Tale of the Huguenots Or Memoirs of a French Refugee Family
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I paid two and a half per cent for insurance both ways. Our whole property consisted of twenty gold pis- toles, a silver watch, a gold chain, a pearl necklace, two diamonds, an emerald, and half a dozen silver spoons ; and surely, to look at it in the most unfa- vourable light, these would be enough to cover any loss for which the Insurers were not responsible. In this list I name articles that were the property of your mother as well as my own, because though we were not yet united, we had suc...h perfect confidence in each others' affection, that we felt as though we had but one interest. Mr. Downe chartered a vessel of about 50 tons, loaded her without delay, and consigned her to Mr. Boursiquot (your uncle, ) and Peter Robin, a distant cousin of mine. You may guess their astonishment 118 A TALE OF at receiving such a consignment from their relative, who had left his home so few weeks ago in poverty. Had the vessel arrived sooner, the adventure would have been more profitable, for the King had sent to foreign countries for grain, and his importation was all to be sold before the cargoes belonging to private individuals could be opened.
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