Down North and Up Along 
fected, not through the fulfilment of her dearest 
hope, but through abnegation of all she most 
desires ,• and she applies herself to the care 
of her neighbours, comforting and helping 
them, and thus in a measure stilling her own 
pain. 
The tragedy of Grand Pre hastens to a con- 
clusion. The prisoners are marched under 
guard to the ships. We see the long line of 
them, the young men first, their faces set and 
grim, and their powerful muscles strained but 
helpless to serve them against the oppressor. 
For a moment Evangeline flashes before our 
eyes ; she is in the arms of Gabriel. Our hearts 
are oppressed with the doom which we know has 
fallen, butherS;, in spite of the horrible situation, 
is sustained by the hope of sharing her exile with 
her beloved. 
She cannot remain with him now, for later in 
the procession is a bent old form, her once 
joyous-hearted father, whom she now scarcely 
recognises, so frightfully have the hours of 
misery told upon him, and to whose side she 
hastens. 
Again we see her, momentarily overcome by 
the death of her father, who, broken-hearted, 
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