Bertha asked me when I would come back and didn't seem entirely satisfied that I probably wouldn't be able to come until next week; She asked me again to come as often as time allowed. She was very pleased when I told her that my house in Encounter Bay had not yet started, remarking: then I would be staying here for a long time. I asked her what she thought about going so far away, and she openly confessed to me that it didn't matter to her, but in one respect it would be easy for her. I expressed my hope that she would be able to be very useful there, and that I had no doubt she would find joy in it. To which she replied, “God knows.” --

I stayed until 9 o'clock, but whenever I talked about going, Bertha always found reasons why I wasn't in a hurry and could still stay. However, more than anything that Bertha said so dear and dear was the escort she gave me to the courtyard when I said goodbye. There was no moon, but the stars shone brightly and sent their flicker over to us, sharing in our happiness. Bertha's sensitive, good and loving heart pitied me that I had to travel such a long, lonely path in the dark. I asked her, looking for her hand, whether she still remembered the end of my last letter, to which she replied that she would certainly never forget it, with a handshake that I will never forget either. I replied ( 120 ) if they had written to Schlinke; Rather, was her answer, it doesn't work at all. Then it will happen after all, then I will be granted a bliss that makes me tremble in anticipation; May my heart be ready to feel that bliss in all its depth and fullness. While we were talking, it suddenly occurred to me whether there might be an eavesdropper nearby, and with the agility of a tender lover she was around the corner. When she came back, we parted with a warm handshake, both of us probably not satisfied that the parting had to be so cold.

On the way back I was as if in a dream and only when I was close to the city did I become aware of the clear sky, the solemn silence of the night and myself. My soul was full of quiet joy and the certainty that our relationship was pleasing to God. Thanks be to His goodness and praise for giving us the happiness we enjoy.

September 5th, 1839.
Today I spent most of the day constantly among the natives and I finally managed to gather around me a small group of 8, one of whom, Kudna Ipiti, learned 11 letters and several almost as many.

The already mentioned Yamaiama are also doctors, as Wauwitpinna told me today, who is now in the One's treatment.

There is a certain mystery connected to the game of Kuri that the natives bring from far to the north and that someone showed me today.

Schlinke was very excited when he held out his hand to me this evening. He notices.