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The next day Thompson tries, unsuccessfully, to officially meet with the governor. She then waylays him outside his home and tries to assert her rights. She easily convinces him to allow her to take any boat from the island that she desires, instead of consigning her to the San Francisco steamer. She then returns to the trader's house and causes Horn to summon Dr. Macphail on the pretext that she is ill. She then asks Dr. Macphail to intercede on her behalf with Davidson and gain his agreement that instead of leaving on the next departing ship, headed for San Francisco, she can remain for a few extra weeks and take a ship destined for Sydney, Australia, where she claims she will be able to easily find gainful and legitimate employment.

The timid Dr. Macphail does not speak to Davidson directly...