The Yawning Guv’nah and the Yawning Grave
“His Excellency remarked that had he known before he left England that such a duty would be placed in his hand, as having finally to decide upon such question, no power on earth would have induced him to come to the Colony.” —Governor Carington’s speech to the deputation which begged a reprieve for Louisa Collins.
“I had no idea I should ever be called upon to do anything responsible. I thought the position was to be purely ornamental.”—translation of the gubernatorial remarks aforesaid.
