Sacrifices

Tristan, injured in the foot, takes refuge in a cave where he receives help from Amélia, the daughter of Georges-Marie Dennemont, whom he had once saved from suicide. Recaptured by slave hunters, he is brought back to the plantation where Isaac persuades Charles to limit his punishment to a 30-pound chain to be worn on his feet for a month. Meanwhile, a slave steals a piece of jewelry belonging to Constance Bellevue: Charles orders Isaac to punish her with 30 lashes, but Célestine confesses to the theft, thus forcing her son to administer the whipping himself.