A Night in Acadie

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A Night in Acadie
By KATE CHOPIN
AUTHOR OF “BAYOU FOLK”
MDCCCXCVII
Copyright, 1897, by Way & Williams.
A Night in Acadie
There was nothing to do on the plantation so Telèsphore, having a few dollars in his pocket, thought he would go down and spend Sunday in the vicinity of Marksville.
There was really nothing more to do in the vicinity of Marksville than in the neighborhood of his own small farm; but Elvina would not be down there, nor Amaranthe, nor any of Ma’me Valtour’s daughters to harass him with doubt, to torture him with indecision, to turn his very soul into a weather-cock for love’s fair winds to play with.