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Chapter 2—An Unexpected Letter
Chapter 2—An Unexpected Letter This is a copy of the letter received by Richard Shandon eight months previously:— Aberdeen, August 2, 1859. Mr. Richard Shandon, Liverpool. Sir, This letter is to advise you of a remittance of £16,000, deposited with Messrs. Marcuart & Co., bankers, at Liverpool. Enclosed you will find a series of drafts, signed by me, which will enable you to draw upon Messrs. Marcuart & Co. to the amount mentioned above. You do not know me. No matter; I know you, and that is enough. I offer you the position of mate on board of the brig Forward, for a voyage which may be long and perilous. If you decline, well and good. If you accept, five hundred pounds will be assigned you as salary, and at the end of each year of the voyage your pay will be increased one tenth. T
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