This chapter's epigraph is from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, which was published in 1757, the same year that the novel was first published. Longfellow's poem is about a young man named Henry Wadsworth, who is the son of a wealthy English nobleman. In the poem, the young man tells the story of his father's death, and how he and his family were forced to leave their home in order to escape the tyranny of the House of Lords. The young man, who has been apprenticed to Henry's father, is described as a "gentleman" and a "man of the people." He is a quiet and gentle man, and he is a good example of the kind of young man that Henry wishes to be. He tells his father that he wishes to return to England and become a nobleman, but that he cannot because he is afraid of the blood that surrounds him. He is also afraid that he will be killed if he does not