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Pierre was there, waiting impatiently with a note from Afra. "I did not bring it in, Mademoiselle," said he, "because I am sure there is something amiss. A soldier brought the note; and he says he has orders to stay for my master's commands." Afra's note told what this meant. It was as follows: "Dearest Euphrosyne, "Do not be frightened. There is time, if you come directly.
"If it be so, may indeed Heaven forgive you! Moyse hates the whites: and you see how wretched we are!" "Aimee, do not be hard. We are made to love my heart inclines to all who are about me: but if there are some if one cannot Oh, Aimee, do not be hard!" "It is those who hate who are hard," said Aimee, whose tears fell fast, in sympathy with Afra's. "Is it not so, Afra?"
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.
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