The Colony

that we are leaving. So, at the first storm, your servant.

Everything is against me!.... I will leave, I will die, what does it matter to me?

Die! That is of no use... I am thinking of a way... look, have confidence in me. I am a good fellow; start by telling me the reason for your trip.

Alas! I have no interest in hiding it from you. Last year, I was going to America on a ship whose Captain was ready to marry me. We were separated by the most atrocious betrayal. Dorval, his intimate friend, came one night under a false pretext & persuaded us to transfer to another ship that he commanded. I soon realized that I had been betrayed. I was avenged by heaven. Dorval fell into the sea while he was on deck. The ship then resumed the route to America that it had left; but I did not find Fontalbe there. Without a doubt, he thinks I am unfaithful. Perhaps he has ended up like me on this island; if he is saved, he is my hope; his suspicions will not stand against my tears.

Oh! Goodness, when a woman cries, she makes us do whatever she wants.

If he is here, undoubtedly he is known to the Governor; go warn him of my arrival.. But this law, how can it be avoided?

That is what I was getting at. Pretend to be married to me. The law will no longer concern you, & you will be able to stay here as long as you like.

I am counting on your honesty, Blaise, & I entrust myself