Paul and Virginia . ed the cottages, yielded fruit throughoutthe year. And lastly, Domingo, to soothe his cares, cul-tivated a few plants of tobacco. Sometimes he was em-ployed in cutting wood for firing from the mountain, some-times in hewing pieces of rock within the enclosure inorder to level the paths. The zeal which inspired himenabled him to perform all these labors with intelligenceand activity. He was much attached to Margaret, andnot less to Madame de la Tour, whose negro woman,Mary, he had married on the birth of Virginia; and hewas passionately fond of his wife. Mary was born at 52
Paul and Virginia . ed the cottages, yielded fruit throughoutthe year. And lastly, Domingo, to soothe his cares, cul-tivated a few plants of tobacco. Sometimes he was em-ployed in cutting wood for firing from the mountain, some-times in hewing pieces of rock within the enclosure inorder to level the paths. The zeal which inspired himenabled him to perform all these labors with intelligenceand activity. He was much attached to Margaret, andnot less to Madame de la Tour, whose negro woman,Mary, he had married on the birth of Virginia; and hewas passionately fond of his wife. Mary was born at 52 PAUL AND VIRGINIA. Madagascar, and had there acquired the knowledge ofsome useful arts. She could weave baskets and a sort ofstuff with long grass that grows in the woods. She was active, cleanly, and, above all,faithful. It was her care to pre-pare their meals, to rear thepoultry, and go sometimes toPort Louis to sell the super-fluous produce of these^k little plantations, which was not, how-ever, If you add to the personages already mentioned two goats, which were brought up with the children, and a great dog, which kept watch at night, you will have a complete PAUL AND VIRGINIA. 53 idea of the household, as well as of the productions ofthese two little farms. Madame de la Tour and her friend were constantlyemployed in spinning cotton for the use of their families.
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