Christina Jeter

Madame

Then Marie Laveau went to Royal St. when Delphine heard about it, she painted her eyes, arranged her hair and looked out of a window. As Marie entered the gate, Delphine asked, “Have you come in peace, Marie, you murderer of your master believes?”

Marie looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Three slaves looked down at her. “Throw her down!” Marie shouted. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.

Marie went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that curse woman,” she said, “and bury her, for she was a white Créole . But they went out to bury her; they found nothing except her skull, her feet, and her hands. They went back and told Marie, who said, “This is the word of the LORD that he spoke through his servants of spiritual faith. On the plot of the ground at Delphine dogs will devour Delphine flesh. Delphine’s body will be like refuse on the ground in the plot at Delphine, so that no one will be able to say, “This is Delphine.”

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