Marianne goes on to write that two Colonels [William Hulme and Henry Despard?] had returned to Auckland to attend a council, while the Major remained in command of the troops at Waimate. She pens her dislike for Colonel Despard, who she describes as "...a crass old man" who "... turns upon the missionaries, the sailors, and everybody for blame but himself." Marianne goes on to write of the blame directed at Henry Williams for his part in Captain Grants body being held inside Ohaeawai Pa. Finally, Marianne briefly writes of their school, which had thirty six boarders and nine day scholars, and of her children Edward and Jane, who had taken possession of the Stone House.