But to settle for life in an Andean desert! On the other hand, to leave Quipai were to lose Angela.
"You hesitate.

But reflect well, my friend, before denying my request.
True, you are loath to renounce the great world with its excitements, ambitions, and pleasures.

But you would renounce them for a life free from care, an honorable position, and a career full of promise.

It will take years to complete the work I have begun, and make Quipai a nation.

As I said when you first came, Providence sent you here, as it sent Angela, for some good end.