Ye knows a heap more dan mos' niggers," was Tom's responsive compliment.

In his eyes Tulee was in fact a highly accomplished person; for though she could neither read nor write, she had caught the manners and speech of white people, by living almost exclusively with them, and she was, by habit, as familiar with French as English, beside having a little smattering of Spanish.

To have his ingenuity praised by her operated as a fillip upon his vanity, and he inwardly resolved to run the risk of a flogging, rather than fail to do her bidding.

He was also most loyal in the service of Rosa, whose beauty and kindliness had won his heart, before his sympathy had been called out by her misfortunes.

But none of them foresaw what important consequences would result from his mission.
The first day he was in New Orleans, he found no hour when he could be absent without the liability of being called for by his master.