If they rise, you, here, would
be in their way, and I could not guarantee your safety. Besides,
Virginia is a better place--a safer place than this," he added with
meaning.
"You wish to frighten me out of Jamaica," she replied with pain in her
voice. "Well, I will not go till I have put this place in order and
brought discipline and good living here. I shall stay here in Jamaica
till I have done my task. There is no reason why we should meet. This
place is not so large as Ireland or America, but it is large enough to
give assurance we shall not meet. And if we meet, there is no reason why
we should talk. As for the Maroons, when the trouble comes, I shall not
be unprepared." She smiled sadly. "The governor may not take your
advice, but I shall. And remember that I come from a land not without
its dangers. We have Red Indians and black men there, and I can shoot."
He waved a hand abruptly and then made a gesture--such as an ascetic
might make-of reflection, of submission. "I shall remember every word
you have said, and every note of your voice will be with me in all the
lonely years to come.
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