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After this , however , Robert recovered rapidly , and in two months he was quite well . `` David , '' said the minister to him one morning , `` your trial is nearly over . I have a message from Captain Laird to Robert Leslie . Laird sails to-night ; his ship has dropped down the river a mile , and Robert must leave when the tide serves ; that will be at five o'clock . '' For Robert had shrunk from going again into his Glasgow life , and had determined to sail with his friend Laird at once for New York . There was no one he loved more dearly than David and Dr. Morrison , and with them his converse had been constant and very happy and hopeful . He wished to leave his old life with this conclusion to it unmingled with any other memories .