The Colony

Yes, I know the Governor, and that is one.

That is good. Well, you must tell him to make me his gardener, and you will be his gardeneress.

His gardeneress indeed! Oh! I shall be better than that.

Well then, let him make you his cook, his lady-in-waiting, let him make you whatever he wants, provided he marries us.

That he marries us.... but.... he is also getting married, himself.

So much the better. We will go to his wedding, we will dance there together. Will you not be very happy to come?

Truly, I will certainly have to go. But it is that.... You do not know who he is marrying.

Faith no; it is all the same to me, just as it is to you.

It is.... it is all the same to you.... it is that.... (with impatience) it is that you arrived very late as well.

What do you mean, very late! In the eight days since I was shipwrecked, I have taken many steps. These are devilish paths, when one does not know one’s way. I lost myself more than a hundred times; but I find you, and I am content; what does the rest matter to us?

It matters, it is that.... there is a law, here, that you do not know.

It is that, it is that, well what law? For a quarter of an hour you have looked embarrassed, and you keep saying that. Explain yourself then.