Study with care.
_Night on the River. The Passing._
Lesson XVII, Lines 790-841.
Explain lines 790-794 and lines 798-799. Why do you suppose the bugle was
not heard? What if it was? Why did they row at midnight? Why does the author
bring in something weird again as in line 805? Note change from night with
its weird uncertainty to day with its quiet peace and beauty. Why refer to
Jacob's ladder? How can you account for conditions given in lines 824-5?
Note that here a calm precedes the storm. Who were in the boat speeding
north? What was the last we heard of Gabriel? What changes had occurred in
his appearance? How did he take his lot and disappointment? How different
from Evangeline? Does the account of the passing seem reasonable? Are such
occurrences common in general life?
_Evangeline's Dream. Arrival._
Lesson XVIII, Lines 842-887.
Does it seem reasonable that Evangeline felt Gabriel was near? Explain and
learn lines 852-4. Explain 858. Why Eden of Louisiana? Has Father Felician
given up to despair on any occasion? What kept him from despairing? Had he
despaired how would it have affected Evangeline and the story? Note scene in
lines 864-868. Does the author here give a picture of nature in harmony with
a condition of mind? Where? Find like treatment in this section.
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