"Yese as good as she is; and ye've nothin' to be shamed of." "It isn't on my own account that I wish to avoid her seeing me," replied Rosa.

"But I pity the innocent young creature.

She didn't know of disturbing my happiness, and I should be sorry to disturb hers." As the weeks glided away without bringing any fulfilment of Fitzgerald's promise, anxiety changed to distrust.

She twice requested Tom to ask his master for the papers he had spoken of, and received a verbal answer that they would be sent as soon as they were ready.
There were greater obstacles in the way than she, in her inexperience, was aware of.

The laws of Georgia restrained humane impulses by forbidding the manumission of a slave.