Nosnibor and the
whole family paid great attention: he was the family straightener. With
this gentleman Mr. Nosnibor retired into another room, from which there
presently proceeded a sound of weeping and wailing. I could hardly
believe my ears, but in a few minutes I got to know for a certainty that
they came from Mr. Nosnibor himself.
"Poor papa," said Arowhena, as she helped herself composedly to the salt,
"how terribly he has suffered."
"Yes," answered her mother; "but I think he is quite out of danger now."
Then they went on to explain to me the circumstances of the case, and the
treatment which the straightener had prescribed, and how successful he
had been--all which I will reserve for another chapter, and put rather in
the form of a general summary of the opinions current upon these subjects
than in the exact words in which the facts were delivered to me; the
reader, however, is earnestly requested to believe that both in this next
chapter and in those that follow it I have endeavoured to adhere most
conscientiously to the strictest accuracy, and that I have never
willingly misrepresented, though I may have sometimes failed to
understand all the bearings of an opinion or custom.
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