I was long in the
service, and I respected it, and was respected in it, and the service is
dear to me at this present hour.
At this present hour, when I give this out to my Lady to be written down,
all my old pain has softened away, and I am as happy as a man can be, at
this present fine old country-house of Admiral Sir George Carton,
Baronet. It was my Lady Carton who herself sought me out, over a great
many miles of the wide world, and found me in Hospital wounded, and
brought me here. It is my Lady Carton who writes down my words. My Lady
was Miss Maryon. And now, that I conclude what I had to tell, I see my
Lady's honoured gray hair droop over her face, as she leans a little
lower at her desk; and I fervently thank her for being so tender as I see
she is, towards the past pain and trouble of her poor, old, faithful,
humble soldier.
FOOTNOTES
{1} Dicken's didn't write the second chapter and it is omitted in this
edition. In it the prisoners are firstly made a ransom of for the
treasure left on the Island and then manage to escape from the Pirates.
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