All dose rascals friends together, and you be bery sure dat some ob dem pay him off for it.

If five men dead, all well and good.

Den you say you knocked down and know nufing furder.

You s'pose some people came up and take your side, and kill dose men, and carry you to de boat, and gib you ober to de sailors, and den go away; but dat you know nufing at all about it.

If only four men killed den do oder, who will be sure to go away and say nufing ob his share in de business, will tell all his mates dat dis nigger intrude himself into de affair, and dat bad for Sam.