,
however; and the sisters were all spared, in safety and honour, to hear
the proclamation of the Independence of Hayti, and to enjoy the
protection and friendship of its beloved Empress.

And where was she--Therese--when Saint Marc was resounding with the
cries of her husband's betrayed companions and friends? She was on the
way to the fastnesses, where her unyielding husband was preparing a
tremendous retribution for those whom he had never trusted. She
rejoiced, solemnly but mournfully, that he had never yielded. She could
not wonder that the first words of Dessalines to her, when he met her
horse on the steep, were a command that she would never more intercede
for a Frenchman--never more hold back his strong hand from the work
which he had now to do. She never did, till that which, in a chief, was
warfare, became, in an emperor, vengeance. Then she resumed her woman's
office of intercession; and by it won for herself the title of "the Good
Empress."

The eyes which first caught sight of the receding ship _Heros_, at dawn,
were those of Paul L'Ouverture and Genifrede. They had sent messengers,
more likely than themselves to reach Christophe and Dessalines, with the
last message of Toussaint; and they were now at leisure to watch, from
the heights above their hut (their home henceforth), the departure of
all who bore their name. They were left alone, but not altogether
forlorn. They called each other father and daughter; and here they
could freely, and for ever, mourn Moyse.

Christophe received the message. It was not needed to rouse him to take
upon himself, or to share with Dessalines, the office of him who was
gone. The thoughts of his heart were told to none. They were
unspeakable, except by the language of deeds. His deeds proclaimed
them: and after his faithful warfare, during his subsequent mild reign,
his acts of liberality, wisdom, and mercy, showed how true was his
understanding of the mission of L'Ouverture.

There were many to share his work to-day. Dessalines was the chief: but
leaders sprang up wherever soldiers appeared, asking to be led; and that
was everywhere, from the moment of the report of the abduction of
Toussaint. Clerveaux revolted from the French, and visited on them the
bitterness of his remorse. Maurepas also repented, and was putting his
repentance into action when he was seized, tortured, and murdered, with
his family. Bellair and his wife conducted with new spirit, f