That night the British soldiers camped in the village.

All over the country the rebels had been scattered and beaten, and Bonaventure had been humbled and injured.

After the blind injustice of the fearful and the beaten, Nicolas Lavilette and his family were blamed for the miseries which had come upon the place.

They had emerged from their isolation to tempt popular favour, had contrived many designs and ambitions, and in the midst of their largest hopes were humiliated, and were followed by resentment.

The position was intolerable.