He told me , that was true ; but that as there was no proof of my being dead , he could not act as executor , until some certain account should come of my death , and that besides , he was not willing to intermeddle with a thing so remote ; that it was true he had registred my will , and put in his claim ; and could he have given any account of my being dead or alive , he would have acted by procuration , and taken possession of the ingenio , so they call d the sugar - house , and had given his son , who was now at the brasils , order to do it 尽管那两位代理人已经过世，但他相信，关于我那种植园的收益，我还是不难收到一份种植园这几十年来发展的详细报告。因为，当时人们以为我出事淹死之后，我的几位产权代理人就把我在种植园股份内应得的收入，报告给税务官。税务官怕我永远也回不来接受这笔财产，就作了如下的处理：收入的三分之一划归国王，三分之二拨给圣奥古斯丁修道院，作为救济灾民以及在印第安人中传播天主教之用。
