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"Tell him," said Afra, speaking rapidly, "that the mulattoes are jealous of him, because they think he wants to have all the power in his own hands. They say `There go the ships! There are no whites in power now. So much the better! But here is Raymond displaced, and L'Ouverture is all in all.
Did you ever see a more tragic face?" "Poor thing!" I involuntarily exclaimed. "Don't pity her," said Afra, more seriously than she had yet spoken. "The best gift that can be bestowed upon a mortal is a strong natural inclination for any particular life and the opportunity of following it. The man or woman who has that can use the wheel of Fate for a spinning-wheel."
"Stay with us!" cried Monsieur Pascal and Afra. "Farewell, then," said Euphrosyne, extending her arms to Madame L'Ouverture. "We are losing time," said General Brunet, as the clang of the alarm-bell was heard again. By his order, some soldiers went in search of the traitor who was ringing the bell; and others pushed the captive family before them towards the door.
When you talked of a fine library," she continued, laughing, "how could I suppose you were thinking of any in the colony but Monsieur Pascal's?" "So he is the gentleman," said the abbess. "How times are changed! A lady of colour may be Madame Pascal now, without reproach." "I am glad it is out," said Euphrosyne, gaily. "I can speak now to somebody about Afra.
Many books, written for temporary effect, had run through six or seven editions, and had then been gathered to the novels of Afra Behn, and the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore.
Except in a dim sort of idea that a novel should have some bulk and substance, it is difficult to see any advance whatever in this muck-heap which the present writer, having had to read it a second time for the present purpose, most heartily hopes to be able to leave henceforth undisturbed on his shelves. Not in this fashion must the illustrious Afra be spoken of.
The practice of Afra Behn in both, and the fact that Congreve, the greatest English dramatist of the close of the century, began with a novel and deserted the style for drama, are also interesting, and combine themselves very apparently with the considerations just glanced at. But Congreve and Afra must be postponed for a moment.
Many books, written for temporary effect, had run through six or seven editions, and had then been gathered to the novels of Afra Behn, and the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore.
Morning after morning they spent in the shaded store-room, amidst the fragrance of fruits and spices. Here the unhappy mother, the anxious wife, opened her heart to the young people; and they consoled and ministered to her as daughters. "If you are not my daughters," said she, on one of these mornings, "I have none." "But you will have: they will return to you," said Afra.
Madame Oge's news was too true. Monsieur Pascal had held many an anxious conversation with L'Ouverture on the subject, before Afra showed him her little friend's letter. In a short time an additional fact became known that Bonaparte had re-established the slave-trade. His enmity to the race of blacks was now open and declared.
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