Marianne writes that Governor George Grey had expressed no interest in meeting with her husband to discuss the matter, despite the inflammatory remarks shared with Grey by the settlers at Hokianga. As a result, Marianne writes that her husband had decided not to share any more information about his Maori friends, and instead to keep quiet to his own work. Marianne comments "We are envied and hated because we have been preserved and respected by the natives [sic]" Finally, she informs Jane that as a result of the allegations against Henry, their son Samuel Williams had been denied Bishops orders by the Church Missionary Society.