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gladly 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.” Flenry V. 
15th 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, Dofia 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. 
