1 Yet even thus I loved them to adoration; and to save them, I resolved to dedicate myself to my most abhorred task.
2 I rushed from my hiding-place and with extreme labour, from the force of the current, saved her and dragged her to shore.
3 Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.
4 As soon as I was convinced that no assistance could save any part of the habitation, I quitted the scene and sought for refuge in the woods.
5 I turned with loathing from the woman who could utter so unfeeling a speech to a person just saved, on the very edge of death; but I felt languid and unable to reflect on all that had passed.
6 Beaufort had saved but a very small sum of money from the wreck of his fortunes, but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months, and in the meantime he hoped to procure some respectable employment in a merchant's house.
7 All, save I, were at rest or in enjoyment; I, like the arch-fiend, bore a hell within me, and finding myself unsympathized with, wished to tear up the trees, spread havoc and destruction around me, and then to have sat down and enjoyed the ruin.
8 This interfered with the solitude I coveted for the prosecution of my task; yet at the commencement of my journey the presence of my friend could in no way be an impediment, and truly I rejoiced that thus I should be saved many hours of lonely, maddening reflection.