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After
his
departure
,
Mrs.
Weldon
must
try
to
arrange
her
existence
in
such
a
manner
as
to
pass
the
time
of
her
sojourn
at
Kazounde
as
happily
as
possible
.
Under
the
most
favorable
circumstances
,
it
would
last
three
or
four
months
.
Negoro
's
going
and
returning
would
require
at
least
that
time
.
Mrs.
Weldon
's
intention
was
,
not
to
leave
the
factory
.
Her
child
,
Cousin
Benedict
,
and
she
,
were
comparatively
safe
there
.
Halima
's
good
care
softened
the
severity
of
this
sequestration
a
little
.
Besides
,
it
was
probable
that
the
trader
would
not
permit
her
to
leave
the
establishment
.
The
great
premium
that
the
prisoner
's
ransom
would
procure
him
,
made
it
well
worth
while
to
guard
her
carefully
.
It
was
even
fortunate
that
Alvez
was
not
obliged
to
leave
Kazounde
to
visit
his
two
other
factories
of
Bihe
and
Cassange
.
Coimbra
was
going
to
take
his
place
in
the
expedition
on
new
razzias
or
raids
.
There
was
no
motive
for
regretting
the
presence
of
that
drunkard
.
Above
all
,
Negoro
,
before
setting
out
,
had
given
Alvez
the
most
urgent
commands
in
regard
to
Mrs.
Weldon
.
It
was
necessary
to
watch
her
closely
.
They
did
not
know
what
had
become
of
Hercules
.
If
he
had
not
perished
in
that
dreadful
province
of
Kazounde
,
perhaps
he
would
attempt
to
get
near
the
prisoner
and
snatch
her
from
Alvez
's
hands
.
The
trader
perfectly
understood
a
situation
which
ciphered
itself
out
by
a
good
number
of
dollars
.
He
would
answer
for
Mrs.
Weldon
as
for
his
own
body
.
So
the
monotonous
life
of
the
prisoner
during
the
first
days
after
her
arrival
at
the
factory
,
was
continued
.
What
passed
in
this
enclosure
reproduced
very
exactly
the
various
acts
of
native
existence
outside
.
Alvez
lived
like
the
other
natives
of
Kazounde
.
The
women
of
the
establishment
worked
as
they
would
have
done
in
the
town
,
for
the
greater
comfort
of
their
husbands
or
their
masters
.
When
Mrs.
Weldon
,
on
the
17th
of
the
month
,
did
not
see
Cousin
Benedict
reappear
at
the
accustomed
hour
,
she
was
seized
with
the
greatest
uneasiness
.
She
could
not
imagine
what
had
become
of
her
big
baby
.
That
he
had
succeeded
in
escaping
from
the
factory
,
the
enclosure
of
which
was
absolutely
impassable
,
was
not
admissible
.
Besides
,
Mrs.
Weldon
knew
her
cousin
.
Had
one
proposed
to
this
original
to
flee
,
abandoning
his
tin
box
and
his
collection
of
African
insects
,
he
would
have
refused
without
the
shadow
of
hesitation
.
Now
,
the
box
was
there
in
the
hut
,
intact
,
containing
all
that
the
savant
had
been
able
to
collect
since
his
arrival
on
the
continent
.
To
suppose
that
he
was
voluntarily
separated
from
his
entomological
treasures
,
was
inadmissible
.
Nevertheless
,
Cousin
Benedict
was
no
longer
in
Jose-Antonio
Alvez
's
establishment
.
During
all
that
day
Mrs.
Weldon
looked
for
him
persistently
.
Little
Jack
and
the
slave
Halima
joined
her
.
It
was
useless
.
Mrs.
Weldon
was
then
forced
to
adopt
this
sad
hypothesis
:
the
prisoner
had
been
carried
away
by
the
trader
's
orders
,
for
motives
that
she
could
not
fathom
.
But
then
,
what
had
Alvez
done
with
him
?
Had
he
incarcerated
him
in
one
of
the
barracks
of
the
large
square
?
Why
this
carrying
away
,
coming
after
the
agreement
made
between
Mrs.
Weldon
and
Negoro
,
an
agreement
which
included
Cousin
Benedict
in
the
number
of
the
prisoners
whom
the
trader
would
conduct
to
Mossamedes
,
to
be
placed
in
James
W.
Weldon
's
hands
for
a
ransom
?
