But I have striven to drop oil on the troubled waters.

'My lord,' I told him, 'you have but to posses your soul with patience for a few short weeks, just until the ship the Governor sends can return.

Then all must needs be as your lordship wishes.

In the meantime, you may find existence in these wilds and away from that good company which is the soul of life endurable, and perhaps pleasant.

You may have daily sight of the lady who is to become your wife, and that should count for much with so ardent and determined a lover as your lordship hath shown yourself to be.