“I am rejoiced to see you happy, my children.”
“And you, father, you are happy? Honoured as you are—the colony at peace—all parties friends—no more divisions—no more struggles in families! Father, answer me. Is it not all well?”
“No, my child.”
“Are you unhappy, father?”
“Yes, my child.”
“I am quite disappointed, quite grieved,” said Aimée, drawing back from his arms, to look in his face.
“Vincent gave us a glorious account on Tortuga,” said Isaac, “of the welcome you had at Cap. We thought—”
“I did not see Vincent at Cap.”
“He was not there; but he knew all—”
“But, father,” said Aimée, “you will see General Vincent. You will see him at Pongaudin. Now that you have done as he did—now that you are friends with the French, as he is, you will see him, father?”