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"I have then seen him," said Philip, after he had lain down on the sofa in the cabin for some minutes to recover himself, while Amine bent over him. "I have at last seen him, Amine! Can you doubt now?" "No, Philip, I have now no doubt," replied Amine, mournfully; "but take courage, Philip."
"We have no time to lose, maiden," said Philip: "but tell me your name, that I may address you as I ought." "My name is Amine," replied she, retreating a little. "I thank you for that little confidence; but I must not dally. What arms have you in the house, and have you ammunition?" "Both. I wish that my father would come home."
"Cheer up, Philip," would she say; "we shall yet build our cottage under the shade of those cocoa-nut trees, and pass a portion, if not the remainder of our lives in peace; for who indeed is there who would think to find us in these desolate and untrodden regions?" Schriften was quiet and well-behaved; talked much with Amine, but with nobody else.
"He is a good man," thought Amine, as she descended and Amine was right. Father Mathias was a good man; but, like all men, he was not perfect. A zealot in the cause of his religion, he would have cheerfully sacrificed his life as a martyr; but if opposed or thwarted in his views, he could then be cruel and unjust. Father Mathias had many reasons for placing Amine in the Ursuline convent.
Philip retired to bed, and was soon fast asleep; but Amine slept not. So soon as she was convinced that Philip would not be awakened, she slipped from the bed and dressed herself. She left the room, and in a quarter of an hour returned, bringing in her hand a small brazier of lighted charcoal, and two small pieces of parchment, rolled up and fixed by a knot to the centre of a narrow fillet.
The next day the remains of the old man were consigned to the earth with the usual rites; and Philip and Amine were not a little relieved in their minds at everything having passed off so quietly. It was not until after the funeral had taken place that Philip, in company with Amine, examined the chamber of his father-in-law.
You would deal and co-operate with the spirits of another world I would do no more. Abandon your terrific mission abandon your seeking after disembodied spirits, stay at home with you Amine, and she will cheerfully comply with your request." "Mine is an awful summons from the Most High." "Then the Most High permits your communion with those who are not of this world?"
"In the church now opening upon us lie the canonised bones of the celebrated Saint Francisco, who sacrificed his life in his zeal for the propagation of the Gospel in these countries." "I have heard of him from Father Mathias," replied Amine; "but what building is that?" "The Augustine convent; and the other, to the right, is the Dominican." "Splendid, indeed!" observed Amine.
Wert thou not my father," continued Amine, looking at the dead body, "I would spit upon thee? and curse thee! but thou art punished, and may God forgive thee! thou poor, weak, wicked creature!" Amine then left the room and went up stairs, where she found Philip still fast asleep, and in a profuse perspiration.
The second knocking had awakened Philip, who felt that he was much better, and his headache had left him. He perceived that Amine had not taken any rest that night, and he was about to expostulate with her, when she at once told him what had occurred.
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