Anonymous

“ As soon as Honestus was a little recovered from his surprise, he snatched up the children in his arms, tenderly kissed them, and as soon as he had eased his heart with tears, “My good God, (cried he) great and impenetrable are thy ways, and it is the duty of us mortals to submit! ”

“ Can wicked men, more savage than the fierce and brutish [Pg 13] inhabitants of African desarts, have brought these children here to perish? My dear babes, how shall I provide for you? Here is no tender mother to hug you to her bosom! no food that you have been used to! what must be the feelings of your parents!” This brought to his mind the fate of his own children, and a flood of tears interrupted his saying any more at present.
While this scene was passing, the two infants threw their arms around the neck of Honestus, put their cheeks to his, and played with his beard. ”

“ Though Honestus with great propriety suspected that there was some treachery in the case, yet a ten years absence from the commerce of the world had so effectually weaned him of every wish to converse with mankind, that he could not prevail on himself to leave his hut, to penetrate the wood, and accompany the children to any inhabited village. ”