at least , so she had written , encouragingly ; and had advised him , i may have a prayer of sending the viceroy to fetch you home , when she has been refit ; only for god 's sake be obliging to the governor , if you please ; and i will thank you not to make any more great noise of yourself : it would be just as well if there is not a word to be said of you in the next reports from the colony , good or evil , but that you have been meek as milk .