"Oh, ho!" said the shipmaster, "if that is the case, get whom you please to carry you to Buenos Ayres; for my part, I wash my hands of the affair. It would prove a hanging matter to us all. The fair Cunegund is the Governor's favorite mistress."
Je me garderai bien de vous passer à Buénos-Ayres, dit le patron: je serais pendu, et vous aussi; la belle Cunégonde est la maîtresse favorite de monseigneur.