d, they well
knew; but the less hopeful, the more anxious were they to do what they
could.

Was Euphrosyne with them?--No. She never forgot the duty which she had
set before her--to stay near Le Bosquet, in hopes of better times, when
she might make reparation to the people of the estate for what they had
suffered at her grandfather's hands. A more pressing duty also detained
her on the island. She could be a daughter to Monsieur Raymond in
Afra's stead, and thus make their duty easier to the Pascals. Among the
lamentations and prayers which went up from the mourning island were
those of the old man and the young girl who wept together at Le Zephyr--
scarcely attempting yet to forgive the enemies whose treachery had
outraged the Deliverer--as he was henceforth called, more fondly than
ever. They were not wholly wretched. They dwelt on the surprise and
pleasure it would be to the Ouvertures to find the Pascals in France
before them. Euphrosyne had also the satisfaction of doing something,
however indirectly, for her unfortunate friends; and she really enjoyed
the occupation, to her so familiar, and still so dear, of ministering to
the comfort of an old man, who had no present dependence but on her.

Her cares and duties were soon increased. The habitations of the Plain
du Nord became so disgusting and so dangerous as the pestilence strewed
the land with dead, and the survivors of the French army became, in
proportion to the visitation, desperate and savage, that Madame Oge was,
at length, like all her neighbours, driven from her home. She wished to
take refuge with one of her own colour; and Monsieur Raymond, at
Euphrosyne's suggestion, invited her to Le Zephyr, to await better days.
With a good grace did Euphrosyne go out to meet her; with a good grace
did she welcome and entertain her. The time was past when she could be
terrified with evil prognostications. In the hour of the earthquake, no
one heeds the croak of the raven.

Among the nuns at Saint Marc there was trembling, which the pale abbess
herself could not subdue by reason or exhortation. Their ears were
already weary with the moans of the dying. They had now to hear the
shrieks and curses of the kidnapped blacks--the friends of L'Ouverture--
whose homes were made desolate. The terrified women could not but ask
each other, "who next?" for they all loved L'Ouverture, and had declared
their trust in him. No one injured the household of the abbess