ards Laborde and Mimi. But he
had seen enough and felt enough to be sure that his enmity, from
whatever cause it arose, was of no common kind, that Claude was in
great danger, and that he himself was involved in the same peril,
though to a less degree. This conviction served, therefore, to keep
his mind continually on the alert, so as to find out what was the
present situation of Claude, and also to devise and lay hold of some
plan of action for himself.

In his thoughts the good Pere Michel was suggested as the only one
who could do anything for either of them. What his influence might
be, he could not guess; but he at least believed in his friendliness
and good faith, and he could not help feeling that the priest would
do all that was possible. It seemed to him not unlikely that the
priest might come out to see him, and convey to him some information
about the present state of affairs in Grand Pre. And besides this, he
could not help feeling a vague hope that, even if the priest were
unable to do anything, he might receive some sort of a message from
one whom he could not help as regarding in the light of a
friend--namely, the amiable Margot.

The situation had been accepted by the rest of the ship's company
without any great display of emotion. Biler's melancholy remained
unchanged, and still, as of yore, he passed much of his time at the
mast-head, contemplating the universe, and eating raw turnips.
Jericho remained as busy as ever, and cared for his pots, and his
kettles, and his pans, without apparently being conscious that his
master was a slave now, as well as himself. Upon Terry, also, the
yoke of captivity lay but lightly. It was not in the nature of Terry
to be downcast or sullen; and the simple expedients which had led him
to fraternize with the shipwrecked sailors had afterwards enabled him
to fraternize equally well with the crew of the Aigle that had been
put on board. These had gone, and it remained now for him to come to
an understanding with the Acadians. Constant practice had made him
more capable, and, in addition to his own natural advantages, he had
also learned a few French words, of which he made constant use in the
most efficient way. The Acadians responded to Terry's advances quite
as readily as any of the others had done; and before they had been on
board one day they were all singing and laughing with the merry Irish
lad, and going into fits of uproarious mirth at Terry's incessant use
of