"Your two natures agree with you. I think you are looking in good spirits and health. You have quite lost that harassed air which it often pained one to see in your face a few months ago."
"Do you observe that? Certainly I am disentangled of some difficulties. I have got clear of some shoals, and have more sea-room."
"And, with a fair wind, you may now hope to make a prosperous voyage?"
"I may _hope_ it--yes--but hope is deceptive. There is no controlling wind or wave. Gusts and swells perpetually trouble the mariner's course; he dare not dismiss from his mind the expectation of tempest."

"Your two natures agree with you. I think you are looking in good spirits and health. You have quite lost that harassed air of a few months ago."
"Certainly I am disentangled of some difficulties. I have got clear of some shoals, and have more sea-room."
"And, with a fair wind, you hope to make a prosperous voyage?"
"I hope it - yes - but hope is deceptive. The mariner must always expect a tempest."
