Athenaise

Athenaise went away one morning to visit her parents, ten miles back on the Bon Dieu River in Louisiana. She did not return in the evening, and Cazeau, her husband, was worried.
Cazeau expressed his worries to his servant, Felicite, who served him dinner.
He ate alone by the light of a coal-oil lamp. Felicite stood nearby like a restless shadow...