Paris, and had with her a young lady of
distinguished family, Emily Holmberg by name. This young person
possesses a splendid musical talent; her compositions are
remarkable for charming originality, and are so much the more
prized that the muse of Harmony has hitherto been but niggard of
her gifts to the sons and daughters of Sweden. There was something
particularly delicate and fairy-like in the whole appearance of
this maiden, whose long curls floated round her transparent white
temples, while her soft dove-like eyes had a sweet and slightly
melancholy expression.

"Next to Miss Holmberg, there sat a handsome young man, in a sort
of loose caftan of green velvet. His name was Baron R----, and he
was a descendant of the man who cast lots with Ankarstroem and
Horn, which of them should kill the King. He had formerly been one
of the most noted lions and _viveurs_ of Stockholm, but had
latterly taken to himself a beautiful wife, and had become a more
settled character; though his exuberant spirits and love of
enjoyment still remained, and rendered him the gayest and most
agreeable of travelling companions. Nagel, the celebrated violin
player, and his lively little wife, were also among the passengers.
They were returning from America, where he had been exchanging his
silvery notes against good gold coin. Nagel is a Jew by birth, a
most accomplished man, speaking seven languages with equal
elegance, and much esteemed in the musical circles of Stockholm."

A young Swedish woman, named Maria, whose affecting little history Mr
Boas learns and tells us--an Englishman--"a thorough Englishman, who, as
long as he was eating, had no eyes or ears for any thing else," and a
French _commis voyageur_, travelling to get orders for coloured papers,
champagne, and silk goods, completed the list of all those of the party
who were any way worthy of mention. The Frenchman, Monsieur Robineau by
name, had a little ugly face, nearly hidden by an enormous beard, wore a
red cap upon his head, and looked altogether like a bandy-legged brownie
or gnome. The scene at daybreak the next morning is described with some
humour.

"A dull twilight reigned in the cabin, the lamp was burning low and
threatening to go out, the first glimmer of day was stealing in
through the windows, and the Englishman had struck a light in orde