Hatchie was immediately summoned to receive instructions in relation to
their departure.
At the mention of Hatchie's name, the attorney grew marvellously uneasy,
and suddenly recollected that the negro who had conveyed him to the
island was waiting for him. He therefore proposed that Dr. Vaudelier
should escort Emily to Vicksburg in the morning, which was readily
agreed to, and De Guy made a precipitate retreat, without confronting
the mulatto.
CHAPTER XXIII.
"_Jaffier_. O, Belvidera!
_Belvidera_. Why was I last night delivered to a villain?
_Jaffier_. Ha! a villain?
_Belvidera_. Yes, to a villain!"
OTWAY.
Agreeably to the arrangement of the previous night, Emily was on board
of the "Montezuma," prepared to commence her journey to Bellevue. While
De Guy conducted Emily to the ladies' cabin, Hatchie was getting her few
articles of baggage on board, and the boat was fairly under weigh
without the faithful mulatto's having had a sight of the new protector
of Emily. The attorney congratulated himself on this circumstance; his
mind had thus been released from the pressure of a most painful anxiety.
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