He wrote to us to desire that we would wait for him at Diou, in order to embark there for the Red Sea; but being informed by us that no opportunities of going thither were to be expected at Diou, it was at length determined that we should meet at Bazaim; it was no easy matter for me to
find means of going to Bazaim.
"We could not
find Korak," replied the man, "and as our way led near my douar I have brought you here to wait and rest with my wife until my men can
find your ape, or he
finds you.
For such a prince cannot rely upon what he observes in quiet times, when citizens have need of the state, because then every one agrees with him; they all promise, and when death is far distant they all wish to die for him; but in troubled times, when the state has need of its citizens, then he
finds but few.
For a mile or thereabouts my raft went very well, only that I found it drive a little distant from the place where I had landed before; by which I perceived that there was some indraft of the water, and consequently I hoped to
find some creek or river there, which I might make use of as a port to get to land with my cargo.
Now you get hold of all the door-keys you can
find, and I'll nip all of auntie's, and the first dark night we'll go there and try 'em.
The Knight of the Rueful Countenance was still very anxious to
find out who the owner of the valise could be, conjecturing from the sonnet and letter, from the money in gold, and from the fineness of the shirts, that he must be some lover of distinction whom the scorn and cruelty of his lady had driven to some desperate course; but as in that uninhabited and rugged spot there was no one to be seen of whom he could inquire, he saw nothing else for it but to push on, taking whatever road Rocinante chose- which was where he could make his way- firmly persuaded that among these wilds he could not fail to meet some rare adventure.
They had never impressed me as being very strong, and I hoped to
find my bar of iron not altogether inadequate for the work.
"You'll
find plenty to eat there," declared the kangaroo, hopping along in big bounds because the Sawhorse was going so fast; "and they have a fine cook, too, if you can manage to put him together.
All that day we rested there by the water, thanking our stars that we had been lucky enough to
find it, bad as it was, and not forgetting to render a due share of gratitude to the shade of the long-departed da Silvestra, who had set its position down so accurately on the tail of his shirt.
The most perplexing question was where to
find a teacher.
He travelled about a long time in search of it and came at last to a dark forest, through which he went on walking for fourteen days and still could not
find a way out.
I moved on and on, but I could not
find the sock; I could not seem to
find anything but furniture.