Captain Godfrey said to his wife, "Margaret, what changes are often wrought in a few months." "Yes! true!" she replied, "we have lost our property, but we have escaped with our lives and those of our children.

Our reputations are not dimmed, neither has the Lord forsaken us.

The best of our fortune remains with us.

An honourable foundation remains on which we can re-erect our future structure.

Let us thank a wise, over-ruling providence that a fortune still remains to us, though we have passed through great misfortune.".