Only once had he joined in the devotional exercises of the household
after his return from Frederica, and it was rather a relief when he left
for home, having first repaid the amount of his passage to Georgia.
He seems to have retained his connection with the Moravian Church,
for he was in Herrnhut when Wesley visited there, and showed him
many courtesies; and he is mentioned in 1742, as bearing letters
to the "Sea Congregation", then about to sail for Pennsylvania.
On the 6th of June a four-year-old English boy had been taken
into their household. He was an orphan, and they meant to bring him up,
but the little fellow died on the 23rd of July.
On the 10th of June the matrimonial troubles of George Waschke
and Juliana Jaeschke had been happily terminated by their marriage.
Waschke had been one of the discontents ever since the arrival
of the second company, but when his marriage was finally arranged
he professed himself contrite, and promised all obedience
to the rules of the "Society", so long as he stayed in Savannah,
though he retained his desire to leave as soon as possible.
Juliana also had greatly improved in her behaviour before the wedding.
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