, it was declareddeclareby the nurse , and by some sage women in the neighbourhood who had taken a lively interest in me several months before there was any possibility of our becoming personally acquainted , first , that I was destined to be unlucky in life ; and secondly , that I was privileged to see ghosts and spirits ; both these gifts inevitably attaching , as they believed , to all unlucky infants of either gender , born towards the small hours on a Friday night .
This , naturally , was declareddeclareby several voices to give the thing the utmost price , and our friend , with quiet art , preparedpreparehis triumph by turningturnhis eyes over the rest of us and goinggoon : “ It ’s beyond everything .
He declareddeclare, in his boastful way , that we should see the Diamond on his finger , if the English army took Seringapatam .
And then , on Winterbourne ’s affirmative replyreply-- “ American men are the best , ” he declareddeclare.