What eyes she has, and what a spirit! why, most of the little dears would have cried themselves blind by now." "You needn't think about her," sneered his leader; "she will go too dear for the likes of you; besides it is foolish to spend so much on one girl, white or black.

When is the auction ?" "It was to have been the night before the dhows sail, but now the Devil says it shall be to-morrow night.

I will tell you why--he is afraid of her.

He thinks that she will bring misfortune to him, and wants to be rid of her.

Ah! he is a wag, is the old man--he loves a joke, he does.
'All men are brothers,' he said yesterday, 'white or black; therefore all women are sisters.' So he is going to sell her like a nigger girl.
What is good enough for them is good enough for her.