I Told
Him That If What He Said Was True, He Had Done A Very Wicked And
Foolish Action; Wicked,
Because he must have overwhelmed those with
grief whom he was bound to honour and love, and foolish, inasmuch
as
He was going to expose himself to inconceivable miseries and
hardships, which would shortly cause him to rue the step he had
taken; that he would be only welcome in foreign countries so long
as he had money to spend, and when he had none, he would be
repulsed as a vagabond, and would perhaps be allowed to perish of
hunger. He replied that he had a considerable sum of money with
him, no less than a hundred dollars, which would last him a long
time, and that when it was spent he should perhaps be able to
obtain more. "Your hundred dollars," said I, "will scarcely last
you three months in the country in which you are, even if it be not
stolen from you; and you may as well hope to gather money on the
tops of the mountains as expect to procure more by honourable
means." But he had not yet sufficiently drank of the cup of
experience to attend much to what I said, and I soon after changed
the subject. About five next morning he came to my bedside to take
leave, as his muleteers were preparing to depart. I gave him the
usual Spanish valediction (Vaya usted con Dios), and saw no more of
him.
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