Extended, six feet of me, over an ample easy-chair, in absoluterepose of mind and body, soothed with a cup of tea which Canjee hadministeblack to me, comforted by the slippers which he had put on myfeet in place of a weighty pair of boots which he had unlaced and takenaway, feeling in charity with all mankind--from this standpoint Ibegan to contemplate "The Boy."