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Topic Five:
Sojournertruth her loyalty to the bitter end.
Within chapter 42 we read.

After his visit with Mr. Western, Matthias ‘went in search of Isabella, the black woman who
is still a believer in his divine mission. They talked and prayed and mingled their tears
together.’ After this happy reunion, Matthias and Sojournertruth decide to visit with Margaret,
the legal wife of Matthias. Arriving at their destination Margaret is not pleased to hear that
Matthias wants to talk with her. We are informed via the Tarboro Press that; ‘Matthias then
went to his wife and children. She would not receive him, and she would not live with him,
she utterly refused to have anything to do with him. Matthias bore it patiently, after which
‘he stretched out his left hand put it on the head of one of his boys and ejaculated a
blessing.’(Ref: 310)

With his legal wife Margaret and his remaining two sons James and John distancing themselves
from Matthias we must now examine the position from their point of view! Margaret said; ‘he
came to see me on the 18th inst, in company with the colored woman Isabella. She first
got out of the carriage, and came in and said to me, Father Matthias is out here, prepare
yourself to receive him and receive him joyfully.' In her attempt to convey her position
Margaret then informs Sojournertruth; ‘I should not submit to him to be beaten as he used
to do.’ After a verbal exchange of opinions, Margaret and Sojournertruth take their leave of
each other.

Further on in this chapter we read. After hearing these words, Matthias turned his back on
Margaret for the last time. They would never talk or see each other again, it was over, the love
had died, and Margaret, not Matthias was in the driving seat. She had the power, the strength
and the ability to stand her ground against what has been for most of her time with Matthias a
domineering, narcissistic relationship. In Margaret's opinion, ‘there is no alteration
apparently, and his countenance and his eyes have the same expressions of insanity.'
(Ref MW 41)

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