’Andwhatwillyoudowithyourriches，’saidI，’whenyouhaveobtainedthem？Willyousitdownandmuseuponthem，orwillyoudeposittheminacellar，andgodownonceadaytostareatthem？
Ihaveheardsaythatthefulfilmentofone’swishesisinvariablytheprecursorofextrememisery，andforsoothIcanscarcelyconceiveamorehorriblestateofexistencethantobewithoutahopeorwish。’
’Itisbadenough，Idaresay，’saidtheArmenian；’itwill，however，betimeenoughtothinkofdisposingofthemoneywhenI
haveprocuredit。Istillfallshortbyavastsumofthetwohundredthousandpounds。’
Ihadoccasionallymuchconversationwithhimonthestateandprospectsofhisnation，especiallyofthatpartofitwhichstillcontinuedintheoriginalcountryoftheHaiks-Araratanditsconfines，which，itappeared，hehadfrequentlyvisited。HeinformedmethatsincethedeathofthelastHaikmonarch，whichoccurredintheeleventhcentury，Armeniahadbeengovernedbothtemporallyandspirituallybycertainpersonagescalledpatriarchs；