For before you could think
The birch cracked like a shell
In that rush of hell,
And I saw them both sink—

Baptiste ! --
He had two girls,
One is Virginie,
What God calls the other
Is not known to me.

Credits and Copyright

Together with the editors, the Department of English (University of Toronto), and the University of Toronto Press, the following individuals share copyright for the work that went into this edition:
Screen Design (Electronic Edition): Sian Meikie (University of Toronto Library)
Scanning: Sharine Leung (Centre for Computing in the Humanities).