ations of the English people. The poor fellow had forgot
to huzzah or to take his hat off, until his neighbours in the crowd
remarked his want of loyalty, and cursed him for a Jesuit in disguise,
when he ruefully uncovered and began to cheer. Sure he was the most
unlucky of men: he never played a game but he lost it; or engaged in a
conspiracy but 'twas certain to end in defeat. I saw him in Flanders after
this, whence he went to Rome to the head quarters of his Order; and
actually reappeared among us in America, very old, and busy, and hopeful.
I am not sure that he did not assume the hatchet and moccasins there; and,
attired in a blanket and warpaint, skulk about a missionary amongst the
Indians. He lies buried in our neighbouring province of Maryland now, with
a cross over him, and a mound of earth above him; under which that unquiet
spirit is for ever at peace.

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With the sound of King George's trumpets, all the vain hopes of the weak
and foolish young pretender were blown away; and with that music, too, I
may say, the drama of my own life was ended. That happiness, which hath
subsequently crowned it, cannot be written in words; 'tis of its nature
sacred and secret, and not to be spoken of, though the heart be ever so
full of thankfulness, save to Heaven and the One Ear alone--to one fond
being, the truest and tenderest and purest wife ever man was blessed with.
As I think of the immense happiness which was in store for me, and of the
depth and intensity of that love which, for so many years, hath blessed
me, I own to a transport of wonder and gratitude for such a boon--nay, am
thankful to have been endowed with a heart capable of feeling and knowing
the immense beauty and value of the gift which God hath bestowed upon me.
Sure, love _vincit omnia_; is immeasurably above all ambition, more
precious than wealth, more noble than name. He knows not life who knows
not that: he hath not felt the highest faculty of the soul who hath not
enjoyed it. In the name of my wife I write the completion of hope, and the
summit of happiness. To have such a love is the one blessing, in
comparison of which all earthly joy is of no value; and to think of her,
is to praise God.

It was at Bruxelles, whither we retreated after the failure of our
plot--our Whig friends advising us to keep out of the way--that the great
joy of my life was bestowed upon me, and that my dear mistress b