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wladly acquiesced. But the uprightness and delicacy of Lord Coch- 

 rane's feelings have induced him to leave him to the government 



itself. 



Night. — The Director's carriage is arrived to convey San Martin 

 to the city; General Priete and Major O' Carrol are also in attendance; 

 and there are four orderlies appointed, who are never to lose sight of 

 him. Some think by way of keeping him in honourable arrest, 

 others, and I am inclined to be of the number, that real or affected 

 fear for his life, while in the port, occasions the constant attend- 

 ance of such a train. The General himself persists in saying that 

 his visit to Chile is solely on account of his rheumatic arm, and at 

 first sight it seems hard not to allow a man credit for knowing the 

 motives of his own actions. But one of the penalties of conspicuous 

 station is to be judged by others. 



" Oh, hard condition ! and twin-born of greatness, 



Subject to breath of ev'ry fool." Henri/ V. 



1 5th of October. — After a very busy day spent in seeing and 

 taking leave of my friends of the Doris, who are to sail to-morrow, I 

 was surprised, just as I had taken leave of the last, at being told that 

 a great company was approaching. I had scarcely time to look up 

 before I perceived Zenteno, the governor of Valparaiso, ushering in 

 a very tall fine-looking man, dressed in plain black clothes, whom he 

 announced as General San Martin. They were followed by Madame 

 Zenteno and her step-daughter, Dona Dolores, Colonel D'Albe and 

 his wife and sister, General Priete, Major O' Carrol, Captain Tor- 

 res, who I believe is captain of the port here, and two other gentle- 

 men whom I do not know. It was not easy to arrange the seats of 

 such a company in a room scarcely sixteen feet square, and lumbered 

 with books and other things necessary to the comfort of an Eu- 

 ropean woman. At length, however, my occupation of much 

 serving, being over, I could sit, and observe, and listen. San 

 Martin's eye has a peculiarity in it that I never saw before 

 but once, and that once was in the head of a celebrated lady. 



