18/34 "In a very short time you will be in Europe, and then you will be perfectly safe." She paused an instant in her walk, and, with a strange glare in her eyes, she hissed out, "I hate him." He laid his hand gently upon her shoulder, and said: "I want very much that you should try to be calm. Some negroes are coming with a boat at daybreak, and it is necessary we should all go away with them. You ought to rest as much as possible beforehand." "_Rest_!" repeated she with bitter emphasis. And clenching her teeth hard, she again said, "I hate him!" Poor Rosa! It had taken a mountain-weight of wrong so to crush out all her gentleness. He hastened to the kitchen and told Chloe to go directly to Miss Rosa. |