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Chapman arrived in 1830, Preece in 1831, Matthews in 1832. Puckey and Shepherd had in the meantime come from Australia. King and Hall were left at Rangihoua, but the latter was compelled by an asthmatic affection to leave New Zealand in 1824, and for a time helped Marsden in his work among the Maori youths at Parramatta.
Ask the eyes and the maidens that make 'em. The doctor, who had risen and picked up his hat when Mrs Puckey linked his name with the widow Tresize's, came back and re-seated himself by the bedside. The old woman enjoyed her chat it did her more good than medicine, she said and so long as she steered it clear of himself and his private affairs he was willing enough to indulge her.
The answer was brief and satisfactory: "Make haste and take up your abode among us." Thus encouraged, Puckey and Matthews made a temporary stay, and at last, after some months, brought up their wives and their belongings. The site of the new station was a beautiful one.
Nay, he too being no prude enjoyed her general disquisitions on matrimony and the sexes. Mrs Puckey certainly knew her subject, and if in experience she fell a little short of Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath, she handled it with something of that lady's freedom, and, in detail, with a plainness of speech worthy of Panurge.
I wonder she can sleep o' nights with it, up in that g'e'rt lonely house, an' not a man within call Aw, doctor, dear, don't tell me you're goin'! Quaere. Was this some faint inherited memory of 'the old profession'? In nomine domini, etc. A year passed; a year and three months. Old Mrs Puckey was dead and laid in churchyard, and the doctor remained a bachelor.
When it comes to their unpickin' a trawl in your very drawin'-room, an' fish scales all over the best Brussels, as I've a-see'd 'em before now Mrs Puckey paused for breath. 'Have 'ee ever had a mind to the widow Tresize? she asked. 'Certainly not, the doctor answered.
It lay amidst rivers and hills, and its position was such that the roar of the surf on both eastern and western coasts of the island could be distinctly heard. Shortly after his permanent settlement, Mr. Puckey made a journey to the extreme north of the island and reached Cape Reinga.
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