"why, it was spoken of on 'change in london, and from boston to new orleans men trembled in their shoes. at all events, i did fail, and you see me here on my road to the shaker village, where, doubtless (for the shakers are a shrewd sect), they will have a due respect for my experience, and give me the management of the trading part of the concern, in which case i think i can pledge myself to double their capital in four or five years. turn back with me, young man; for though you will never meet with my good luck, you can hardly escape my bad."