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Updated: May 20, 2025
A time of quiet and of preparation for death given to him apart from the hurry of his daily life, then a few months of active service, and then the crown. Bice and Malagona on board; when, just as we were expecting she would have reached Norfolk Island, she was driving back into the harbour. The following letter to the Bishop of Lichfield gives an account of her peril: 'Taurarua: May 11, 1870.
For the first fortnight his faithful attendant Malagona slept in his room, and was ready at all hours to wait upon his beloved Bishop. Day by day he used to sit by the fire in an easy chair, too weak to move or to attend to reading. He got up very early, being tired of bed. His books and papers were all brought out, but he did little but doze.
They were hove-to for three days, everything battened down; port boat and davits carried away by a sea; after a while the starboard boat dashed to pieces. 'Malagona, my nurse at Norfolk Island, who was brought up for a treat, was thrown completely across the cabin by one lurch, when she seemed almost settling down. It was dark.
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