guide the Word of God. They then knelt down for me to bless them, and went to their beds in Rock House for the last time.
I got no sleep all that night, nor did the two boys, who were to start the next day.
As Ernest takes this Tale with him—which I give him leave to print, that all may know how good God has been to us—I have no time to add more than a few words.
The ship that is to take from us our two sons and our fair guest will sail from this coast in a few hours, and by the close of the day three who are dear to us will have gone from our midst. I can not put down what I feel, or tell the grief of my poor wife.
I add these lines while the boat waits for my sons. May God grant them health and strength for the trials they may have to pass through; may they gain the love of those with whom they are now to dwell; and may they keep free from taint the good name of the Swiss Family Robinson.
THE END.
