ABSTRACT
When the vessel, freighted with these wretched victims of calamity, reached the port of Naples, Rosalie was carried on shore with the rest, almost insensible. The woman, whom Alozzi had placed about her during the voyage, was extremely careful of her and her child; he appeared to have suffered much less than might have been expected. The anxiety of Rosalie for his safety recalled her to life and recollection, but with these came the cruel remembrance of all she had suffered, and the dread of all she might yet have to encounter: youth, and a good constitution hitherto unbroken by misfortune, were on her side. With her the soothing voice of hope had not yet been silenced by frequent disappointment; a few hours of repose, therefore, with the consciousness of present safety, gave her strength of mind to look steadily on the prospect before her, obscured as it was by uncertainty and fear.
