The only white friends she seems to have in the world are her music teacher and French teacher in New Orleans.

Mr.
Fitzgerald has impressed it upon their minds that the creditors of her father will prosecute him, and challenge him, if they discover that he first conveyed the girls away and then bought them at reduced prices.
Therefore, if I should send an agent to New Orleans at any time to obtain tidings of the sister, those cautious friends would doubtless consider it a trap of the creditors, and would be very secretive." "It is a tangled skein to unravel," rejoined Mr.Percival.

"I do not see how anything can be done for the sister, under present circumstances." "I feel undecided what course to pursue with regard to my adopted daughter," said Mrs.Delano.

"Entire seclusion is neither cheerful nor salutary at her age.

But her person and manners attract attention and excite curiosity.