CHAPTER VII.

He Arrives at Portsmouth--Resolves to Return to his Father--Arrives at Rotterdam--Sunday Morning--Writes to his Father--Is Penniless--The Curse of Disobedience--The Sermon--Is Starving--Obtains Temporary Relief from an Old Fellow-Student--Receives News of his Father's Death--His Sorrow and Remorse--Goes to Sea Again--Becomes Captain of a Ship