Upon the whole, as I found by all his discourse a settled affection to me, and that nothing could part him from me, so I found all the foundation of his desire to go to his own country was laid in his ardent affection to the people, and his hopes of my doing them good; a thing which, as I had no notion of myself, so I had not the least thought or intention, or desire of undertaking it.
En resumidas cuentas, en sus palabras hallé un cariño tan grande, que nada podría separarlo de mí, por lo que todo su interés en ir a su tierra, se fundamentaba en un amor ardiente por su gente y en la esperanza de que yo pudiese hacerles algún bien, cosa que yo, conociéndome como me conocía, no podía pensar, pretender ni desear.