466 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



when I left was too ill to be moved, so giving the 

 king a good present to take care of him, I entered 

 my boat, and late in the evening of the 5th March, 

 Ash Wednesday, arrived at Walker's Factory at 

 Glass, where I received a hearty welcome. 



I sent over two of my Kroomen the next day to 

 look after the Bekelai, but they found he had died 

 a few hours after we left him. The people all 

 rejoiced in the death of his murderer, the fetish- 

 y' man, but I was sorry that he died by mv hand, for, 

 as Schiller says : 



" Force is at best 

 A fearful thing e'en in a righteous cause : 

 God only helps when man can help no more." 



