About two o'clock
`` We have no cause for shame . We do not yield to Tamasese , but to the invincible strangers . '' The departing king bequeathed the care of his country to Mataafa ; and when the latter sought to console him with the commodore 's promises , he shook his head , and declared his assurance that he was going to a life of exile , and perhaps to death . About two o'clock the meeting broke up ; Mataafa returned to the Catholic mission by the back of the town ; and Malietoa proceeded by the beach road to the German naval hospital , where he was received -LRB- as he owns , with perfect civility -RRB- by Brandeis . About three , Becker brought him forth again . As they went to the wharf , the people wept and clung to their departing monarch . A boat carried him on board the _ Bismarck _ , and he vanished from his countrymen .