De massa he keep his word.

Dose who work well not bad treated, plenty ob food and a piece of ground to plant vegetables and to raise fowls for ourselves.

So we passed two or tree year, plenty ob hard work, but not berry much to grumble at.

Den me and a gal of my own village, who had been bought in de same batch wid me, we go to massa and say we want to marry.

Massa say, berry well.