After Evangeline reached Louisiana, what advice did people give to Evangeline? How did she react? Do you think her reaction was best? Explain.

In both instances, Evengeline responds with renewed hope for finding Gabriel.

From the text:

The Herdsman:

Be of good cheer, my child; it is only today he departed.

The Reverend:

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
Gabriel truly is near thee; for not far away to the southward,
On the banks of the Teche, are the towns of St. Maur and St. Martin.
There the long-wandering bride shall be given again to her bridegroom,