Emmanuel Burden, merchant, of Thames St., in the city of London, exporter of hardware : a record of his lineage, speculations, last days and death . ection. The conversation after they entered thedrawing-room, though full of interest andcharm, must no longer detain the reader, whowill have formed a sufficient judgment of itscharacter from the careful analysis which hehas just perused. It was at the early hour of ten that MrsWarner left them, and Mr Burden, recognisingthat an enforced departure before morningprayers would leave but little time for discus-sion on the following day, boldly approa
Emmanuel Burden, merchant, of Thames St., in the city of London, exporter of hardware : a record of his lineage, speculations, last days and death . ection. The conversation after they entered thedrawing-room, though full of interest andcharm, must no longer detain the reader, whowill have formed a sufficient judgment of itscharacter from the careful analysis which hehas just perused. It was at the early hour of ten that MrsWarner left them, and Mr Burden, recognisingthat an enforced departure before morningprayers would leave but little time for discus-sion on the following day, boldly approachedthe subject which had brought him to Placton. He put forward very earnestly his doubtsand his hopes upon the future of his Africantrade ; he told Lord Benthorpe frankly, howvastly superior were the opportunities of thepolitician to those of the merchant for deter-mining the probable future of such a districtas the MKorio, and he asked, in the plainestterms, for advice. Lord Benthorpes reply so greatly surprisedhim, that he did not at first recognise its im-mense importance. It was roughly to theeffect, that Lord Benthorpe himself had long.
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