bulwarks of the corvette
Iris, he watched the coast of France receding swiftly till it became
indistinguishable from the faint blue horizon line. In a little while
he felt that he was really alone, and lost in the wide ocean, lost and
alone in the world and in life.

"There is no need to cry, lad; there is a God for us all," said an old
sailor, with rough kindliness in his thick voice.

The boy thanked him with pride in his eyes. Then he bowed his head, and
resigned himself to a sailor's life. He was a father.

ANGOULEME, August, 1832.

ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Brandon, Lady Marie Augusta
The Member for Arcis
The Lily of the Valley
La Grenadiere

Gaston, Louis
La Grenadiere
Letters of Two Brides

Gaston, Marie
La Grenadiere
Letters of Two Brides
The Member for Arcis

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