You done got two eyes, massa, and you can see it for shore." "But I can protect you, Quimp," suggested Christy.
"No, sar! All de sojers in de Yankee camp could not save me, sar.

De first man dat sees me will knive me in de heart, or cut my froat from one ear to de oder!" protested Quimp more earnestly than before, though he manifested no terror in his words or manner.
"Very well, Quimp; I will pay you the money as soon as we see the steamer or other vessel, and then assist you to make your escape," replied Christy.

"I will go a step farther, and pay you for the boat now; but I will not pay you the ten dollars till you show us a vessel." While the negro was scratching his head to stimulate his ideas, the officer handed him a gold sovereign and a shilling of English money, provided for his visit to Bermuda and Nassau, which made a little more than five dollars.
"I don't reckon a gemman like you would cheat a poor nigger," said Quimp, while his eyes were still glowing with delight at the sight of the money in his hand.
"Certainly not, my man," replied Christy, laughing at the idea.

"Just as soon as I get my eye on the steamer of which you speak, I will pay you the ten dollars in gold and silver." "I don't know much about dis yere money, massa," said the boatman, still studying the coin.
"The gold piece is an English sovereign, worth about four dollars and eighty-five cents; and the silver coin is a shilling, worth very nearly a quarter of a dollar; so that I have paid you over five dollars." "Yes, sar, tank you, sar.

Cap'n Stopfoot fotched over some ob de money like dat from Nassau, and I done seen it." "But I can't stop to talk all day, Quimp," continued Christy impatiently.