Atlas Nightshade

Day 108

 “It was late when I reached home, and I went immediately to bed.

My mind, however, was too much occupied to sleep, and I lay the

whole night buried in meditation. Arising early in the morning,

and contriving again to escape the vigilance of my creditors, I

repaired eagerly to the bookseller’s stall, and laid out what

little ready money I possessed, in the purchase of some volumes

of Mechanics and Practical Astronomy. Having arrived at home

safely with these, I devoted every spare moment to their perusal,

and soon made such proficiency in studies of this nature as I

thought sufficient for the execution of my plan. In the intervals

of this period, I made every endeavor to conciliate the three

creditors who had given me so much annoyance. In this I finally

succeeded—partly by sel