Volcano (1926)

Zabette de Chauvalons leaves a convent in Brussels to join her father on the island of Martinique escorted by Père Bénédict In St Pierre she finds that her father has died his widow who rules the islands French society believes Zabette to be the child of a beautiful quadroon with whom Zabettes father left for France when Zabette is sent to the mulatto quarter Stéphane Séquineau is present and takes an interest in her Destitute Zabette is forced to auction off her Paris fashions and though Quembo a cunning quadroon is the highest bidder Stéphane outbids him at the last minute and professes his love which she accepts believing herself to be une fille de couleur however his older brother Maurice insinuating that a mixed marriage would ruin him persuades her to desist