He was silent and would have borne a second misfortune like the first uncomplaining; but when he learned that she was to bring one to take the place of that father who slept beneath the sea, he rebelled.
Dorothe knew the disposition of her children, and she decided to get them out of the way until after the wedding.

At last she hit upon a plan.

Once more in her need she had recourse to the relatives of her husband.

Her husband's sister had married Richard Griffin, a planter, and lived at Flower de Hundred.

The children had always loved their paternal relatives, and, though they had not been permitted to visit them since the restoration, they had by no means forgotten them.