"I never saw the old rascal so friendly.

Has he got something up his sleeve ?" The mate stared at the many canoes alongside, noted the numbers of women in them, and shook his head.
"When they're starting anything they always send the Marys into the bush," he said.
"You never can tell about these niggers," the captain grumbled.

"They may be short on imagination, but once in a while they do figure out something new.

Now Bashti's the smartest old nigger I've ever seen.
What's to prevent his figuring out that very bet and playing it in reverse?
Just because they've never had their women around when trouble was on the carpet is no reason that they will always keep that practice." "Not even Bashti's got the savvee to pull a trick like that," Borckman objected.

"He's just feeling good and liberal.