fin; an
indignity which would grievously wound the feelings of his son and all
his family; and which could not be viewed in France in any other light
than as an insult unworthy of a great and liberal nation to the memory
of a brave officer who had the honor to serve His Most Christian
Majesty.

"I am sorry for it," said Sir Morgan: "but in this point it is quite
impossible for me to be of any service. The coast hereabouts has been
so much resorted to of late years by smuggling vessels, that the
officers of the revenue are reasonably very strict: and the law is
imperative."

"But this officer," said the English spokesman, "this Captain
le Harnois--if you will condescend to listen to me, Sir Morgan
Walladmor,--was a man of honor and of known integrity. I might go
further: he was a religious man, and distinguished for his Catholic
devotion: was he not, Herr Van der Velsen?"

"Oh var moch religious: as for a man of war, he fos beautiful christen:
he cry moch for sin, often dat I see him: all de leetle prayer, and all
de leetle hymn, he sing dem all one--two--tree--quatre--noine--time
per day. De word dat de haf all time in his mout, to me and to oder men,
fos deese: 'Let all ting be charmant, lufly, Bourbonish, and religious.'
Oh! for de salt-water christen, he was beautiful:--beautiful man of war."

"I doubt it not, gentlemen,"--said Sir Morgan; "and am happy to hear
such an account of the Captain's piety, which will now be of more
service to him than all the honors we could render to his poor earthly
remains. Not that I would countenance any person in offering them an
indignity, if I could see how it were to be avoided."

"We are all sure that you would not," said the Englishman: "the name of
Walladmor is a pledge for every thing that is high-minded and liberal.
And in this case young le Harnois, the captain's son, was the more
induced to hope for the indulgence desired, because the deceased was a
man of family and connected with the highest blood in Europe. In
particular, he had the honor to be distantly related to the house of
Walladmor."

"Ah?" said Sir Morgan, "in what way?"

"Through the Montmorencies. It is notorious to all Europe that there is
an old connexion between the Walladmors and the Montmorencies: and the
family of le Harnois is nearly connected by the female side with the
Montmorencies."

"Undoubtedly," said Sir Morgan, "my family have more than once
intermarried with the Montmorencies. Undoubte