'Self-interest is the law of nature; and the most indefinable sensations obliquely spring from the contaminated source.'

Round a table a number of men were collected in Moorish dresses; their complexions were copper-coloured, which, together with whiskers and ferocious dark eyes, rendered their appearances / fearfully terrific. On this sudden entrance they all rose, and drew their large sabres. The astonished Waldorf could scarcely articulate an apology, and his pursuers retired at a humble distance.