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I cannot understand it all." "Time will explain, my child. There will come a day when all doubts will be cleared up, and all woes at an end when the wicked will cease from troubling, love, and the weary be at rest." "Must you be going, father, already? Oh! I wish " And she looked at Isaac, as if purposing to go to Pongaudin.
Besides the family and establishment of the Commander-in-chief, as many of the white gentry of Cap were accommodated as the country palace of Pongaudin would contain. It seemed doubtful how long they would have to find amusement for themselves there; for the invaders seemed to have fallen asleep. A month had passed since the burning of Cap, and not another step had been taken.
In the piazza, at Pongaudin, Toussaint found Christophe. "I wish," said Christophe, "you would send to Dessalines not only the Captain-General's message, but your own request that he will yield." "I cannot, Henri." "But he may spoil all by holding out." "I have done what I can in yielding myself. I can do no more." "You approve our act? Surely you do not repent of what you have done?"
The garrison at Saint Marc was thinning, Therese sent word; and the country people conveyed to Pongaudin the news that funerals were becoming daily more frequent at Limbe, Le Dauphin, and other posts along the northern shore. Not for this, however, was there any relaxation of the vigilance with which L'Ouverture was watched by the foe.
During a halt on the road to Pongaudin, Isaac and Aimee appeared. Aimee was tearful, but her face was happy. So were her words. "Oh, father!" she said, "who could have hoped, after what has happened, that all would so soon be well!" "I am rejoiced to see you happy, my children." "And you, father, you are happy?
What at that hour were the secrets which lay hid in the mountain-passes, the forest-shades, and the sad homes of the island whose true ruler was now borne away from its shores? Pongaudin was already deserted. Monsieur and Madame Pascal had, by great activity, obtained a passage for France in the ship which was freighted with Leclerc's boastings of his crowning feat.
There is reason for the meeting taking place here. Maps will be wanted, and other assistance which we might not remember to provide elsewhere. General Brunet must be my guest; and Madame L'Ouverture will make him admire our hospitality." General Brunet immediately accepted the invitation, promising to present himself at Pongaudin on the tenth of June.
"If we could only stay stay here for ever!" she exclaimed, leaning back against the bush under which they sat. "Here, amidst the whispering of the winds and the dash of the waters, you would listen no more for the roll of the drum, or the booming of cannon at Saint Marc. I am weary of our life at Pongaudin." "Weary of rumour of wars, before we have the wars themselves, love."
"Remember," said Moyse, "they are not to seduce or force you back to Pongaudin to-day. Remember, you are not fit to travel. Remember," he again said, holding up the ivory ring, and then thrusting it into her bosom, "you come to me as soon as the trial is over. I depend upon you."
It frightened him to think how soon the cellar might be emptied, if they went on at this rate. Old Dessalines was glad he had come to Pongaudin to-day. He had not only seen L'Ouverture, but had heard from L'Ouverture's own lips that General Dessalines' cellars should never be quite empty while there was wine at Pongaudin.
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