Crusoe's island . orwere lulled by their friendly behavior, and he often spenta part of his time in social talk with them, which wasthe more agreeable inasmuch as the old mans daughter,who had taken his part at first, fell in love with him, and,although jealously watched by her husband, found fre-quent chances of meeting him alone. He became muchattached to her, as well on account of her attempt tosave his life as the charms of her person, which werewell calculated to excite admiration and kindle the amor-ous flame. She was a very beautiful woman, a Chilianby birth, and was married against her
Crusoe's island . orwere lulled by their friendly behavior, and he often spenta part of his time in social talk with them, which wasthe more agreeable inasmuch as the old mans daughter,who had taken his part at first, fell in love with him, and,although jealously watched by her husband, found fre-quent chances of meeting him alone. He became muchattached to her, as well on account of her attempt tosave his life as the charms of her person, which werewell calculated to excite admiration and kindle the amor-ous flame. She was a very beautiful woman, a Chilianby birth, and was married against her inclination ; and CRUSOES ISLAND. 109 coming from a country where the marriage tie is notconsidered so sacred as it is in more northern climes, shehad but little scruple in yielding to her guilty manly person and bold bearing had attracted her inthe first place, and these stolen interviews only servedto strengthen the passion that grew up between this period they were joined by an English sailor,. THE LOVEES. another deserter, who took up his quarters with theChilians in their new abode, and became a member oftheir gang. The Scotchman had refused, from some dis-like that he formed to this man on first sight, to takehim into his cabin. This led to a mutual hatred, whichwas soon increased by other causes. The Englishman,struck by the beauty of the young woman, whose affec-tions the other had won, now made love to her on alloccasions, but she gave him no encouragement. He at-tributed his failure to the Scotchman, whom he secretlywatched. Fired with jealousy and deadly hatred to-ward his rival, he resolved upon putting him to deathby stratagem, for he was too cowardly to undertake itopenly. Having learned the difficulty that had previ-ously occurred, he took occasion to tell the Chilians thatthe Scotchman was their mortal enemy, and only awaited K 110 CRUSOES ISLAND. an opportunity to murder them all, so as to get entirepossession of the young woman, with whom he
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