To this their style is suited; and
the manly tone of reason is exchanged for perpetual efforts at sneer
and ridicule. This I hold to be an alarming crisis in the
corruption of a state; when not only is virtue declined, and vice
prevailing, but when the praises of virtue are forgotten, and the
infamy of vice unfelt."
They soon after arrived at the next inn upon the route of the stage-
coach, when the stranger told Harley, that his brother's house, to
which he was returning, lay at no great distance, and he must
therefore unwillingly bid him adieu.
"I should like," said Harley, taking his hand, "to have some word to
remember so much seeming worth by: my name is Harley."
"I shall remember it," answered the old gentleman, "in my prayers;
mine is Silton."
And Silton indeed it was! Ben Silton himself! Once more, my
honoured friend, farewell!--Born to be happy without the world, to
that peaceful happiness which the world has not to bestow! Envy
never scowled on thy life, nor hatred smiled on thy grave.
CHAPTER XXXIV--HE MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
When the stage-coach arrived at the place of its destination, Harley
began to consider how he should proceed the remaining part of his
journey.
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