human
We have no one to look up to, now, said Margot, sobbing;
gpt
But Margot, interposed Dessalines,
human
How? repeated Margot, indignantly.
gpt
Why, he would have been our protector, to be sure. He would have done some fine thing for my husband, considering what my husband has done for him. If our beloved king (on his throne) knew of my husband's victory at Plaisance, and of his expedition to Saint Marc, and of his keeping quiet all these plantations near Marmalade, and of the thousands that he had brought over from the rebels, do you think a good master like the king would have left us to pine here among the rocks, while Jean Francais is boasting all day long, as if he had done everything with his own hand? No, our good king would never have let Jean Francais' wife dress herself in the best jewels the white ladies left behind, while the wife and daughters of his very best officer are living here in a hut, on a rock, with no other clothes to wear than they brought away from Breda. No, no; as my husband says, in losing the king we are orphans.
human
I can get you as good clothes as ever Jean's wife wore, Margot, said Paul, whose soft heart was touched by her grief.
gpt
I can run my boat along to a place I know of, where there are silks and trinkets to be had, as well as brandy. I will bring you and the girls some pretty dresses, Margot.
human
No, Paul, not here. We cannot wear them here. And we shall have no pleasure in anything, now we have lost the only one who could take care of us. And who knows whether we shall ever see our boys again?
gpt
Curse the war!
human
Mother, said Aimee in a low voice,
gpt
Yes, my dear. God takes care of the world; but then He takes care of our enemies as well as of us.
human
Does he?
gpt
Yes; ask your father if Father Laxabon does not say so. The name of God is for ever in the mouths of the whites at Cap; but they reviled the king; and, true enough, the king was altogether on our side,--we had all his protection.
human
All that is a good deal changed now, I hear, said Paul.
gpt
The whites at Cap are following the example of the rebels at Paris, and do not rely upon God, as on their side, as they used to do.
human
Will God leave off taking care of them, then? asked Denis,
gpt
No, said Aimee.
human
God is willing, Isaac says, to take care of all men, whether they serve him or not.
gpt
Our priest told Isaac, continued Aimee,
human
But if he is everybody's master, and takes care of everybody, said Denis,
gpt
Your father is, said Margot;
human
I think there would be none of this fighting if everybody tried to please God and serve Him, as is due to a master--as father did for the king. God does not wish that men should fight. So our priest at Breda told Isaac.
gpt
Unless wicked rebels force them to it, as your father is forced,
human
I suppose so, said Aimee,