orgetting that
bracelets, snuff-boxes, and rosaries of gold, and ear-rings set with
emeralds, were not subject to rottenness, any more than various other
effects. "Had you," said Madame Godin, "had you brought back my negro,
I should have learnt from him what he had done with my property found in
the hut. But of whom, respecting it, am I now to inquire? Go your ways,
Sir; it is impossible that I can ever forget that, to you, I owe all my
misfortunes and all my losses; manage henceforward as you may, I am
determined you shall make no part of my company." My wife had but too
much reason on her side, but the intercessions of M. Romero, to whom she
could refuse nothing, and who represented to her that, if she abandoned
M. R., his condition would be deplorable, at length overcame her
repugnance, and induced her to consent he should yet continue with her.

When Madame Godin was somewhat recovered, M. Romero wrote to M.
Grandmaison, informing him that she was out of danger, and requesting
him to despatch Tristan to accompany her to the Portuguese vessel. He
likewise wrote to the governor, acquainting him that he had represented
to Madame Godin, whose courage and piety he could never sufficiently
admire, that she was yet merely at the beginning of a long and tedious
voyage; and that, though she had already travelled upwards of four
hundred leagues, she had yet four or five times that distance to pass
before she reached Cayenne; that, but just relieved from the perils of
death, she was about to incur fresh danger; concluding with offering, if
she chose to return, to cause her to be escorted back in perfect
security to her residence of Riobamba. To these he added, that Madame
Godin replied, "She was surprised at his proposals; that the Almighty
had preserved her when alone amid perils in which all her former
companions had perished; that the first of her wishes was to rejoin her
husband; that for this purpose she had begun her journey; and, were she
to cease to prosecute her intention, that she should esteem herself
guilty of counteracting the views of Providence, and render useless the
assistance she had received from her two dear Americans and their wives,
as well as all the kindness for which she was indebted to him, and for
which God alone could recompense them." My wife was ever dear to me, but
sentiments like these add veneration to tenderness. Tristan failing to
arrive when expected, M. Romero, wearied with waiting for him