D.--"_Oti ouè diabe?_"... etc.
About midnight the return of the Devil and his following arouses me from
sleep:--all are chanting a new refrain, "The Devil and the zombis sleep
anywhere and everywhere!" (_Diabe épi zombi ka dòmi tout-pàtout._)
The voices of the boys are still clear, shrill, fresh,--clear as a chant
of frogs;--they still clap hands with a precision of rhythm that is
simply wonderful,--making each time a sound almost exactly like the
bursting of a heavy wave:--
DEVIL.--"_Diabe épi zombi._"...