Well! what's yo' duty to yo' company ?" "It neither includes my private affairs nor regulates the beating of my heart.

I will resign." "And leave me and Aunt Miranda and the plantation ?" "No! The company will find another superintendent to look after your aunt's affairs and carry out our plans.

And you, Sally--you will let me find you a home and fortune North?
There is work for me there; there is room for you among my people." She shook her head slowly with a sweet but superior smile.

"No, co'nnle! I didn't believe in the wah, but the least I could do was to stand by my folks and share the punishment that I knew was coming from it.

I despise this foolishness as much as yo', but I can't run away from it.