I walked fast through the room: I stopped, half suffocated with the thoughts that rose faster than I could receive, comprehend, settle them:⁠—thoughts of what might, could, would, and should be, and that ere long. I looked at the blank wall: it seemed a sky thick with ascending stars⁠—every one lit me to a purpose or delight. Those who had saved my life, whom, till this hour, I had loved barrenly, I could now benefit. They were under a yoke⁠—I could free them: they were scattered⁠—I could reunite them: the independence, the affluence which was mine, might be theirs too. Were we not four? Twenty thousand pounds shared equally would be five thousand each, justice⁠—enough and to spare: justice would be done⁠—mutual happiness secured. Now the wealth did not weigh on me: now it was not a mere bequest of coin⁠—it was a legacy of life, hope, enjoyment.