ABSTRACT
The narrative of Clifford was listened to with great eagerness from all sides. Every one expressed astonishment at the admirable dexterity, firmness and presence of mind which had thus been displayed by a youth of nineteen. Nor were they less struck with the beautiful simplicity with which he related the adventure, rehearsing every thing that passed in the most direct and unaffected manner, and seeming to be himself wholly unconscious of those fine qualities discovered in his own conduct, which every one else contemplated with wonder and delight.
