So ye've been ter the Virginia plantation, hev ye ?" "Twice, sir." "As a sailor ?" "In command of vessels." His eyes softened slightly, and a different tone seemed to creep into his voice.
"Then ye must be Master Carlyle, I take it.

I heerd tell about ye at the trial, but supposed ye ter be an older man." "I am twenty-six." "Ye don't look even thet.

It's my notion ye got an overly hard dose this time.

The Judge was in ill humor thet day.

Still thet's not fer me ter talk about.