Storia do Mogor 265.23.6

265.23.6

At night he left secretly, and made off to Sao Thome, and thence sent word to his relations that he was now married, that his wife was ill, and growing always worse. A few more days passed, and he removed to Monte Grande, (Big Mount), a distance of two leagues from Sao Thome. There he hired a house, and with the greatest secrecy shut up one room, and said that in it was his suffering wife, whom he had brought to the Mount to recover health. From Madras his relations sent to ask whether they might come and see his wife. He sent back word not to trouble; he would send conveyances when the proper time arrived, for his wife was delirious, and it was not good for them to see her in that state. The inhabitants of the Mount, with the two hermits from Boa Vida, all went to visit him and give him a welcome, to which he in a very despondent tone answered: 'Cursed be the hour when I married, and cursed be the dowry paid me, for greed of money made me take a wife troubled with a thousand ailments, so that I was forced to transport her to this Mount to get her well, and I expect that here she will find a sepulchre.' They asked him what was the matter with her, to which he said not a word, but burst into tears and lamentation.