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'No, no, sir, said old Tripp, with tears in his eyes. 'You'll not go for to say that. If it was the last morsel I had, I'd be proud to share it with one of Master Eddard's sons; but I can't but think as how we rung the bells and drunk your health when you was born, just as we did for the Prince of Wales, and how proud poor Master Eddard looked. No doubt he was spared the knowing of it.
"Coco," said she, wiping her cheek with the back of her hand, "me give me heart blood for Massa Eddard; but no ab milk all gone." This forcible expression of love for the child, which was used by Judy, gave an idea to Coco. He drew his knife out of his pocket, and very coolly sawed to the bone of his fore-finger.
"Your little girl is never `too' anything!" replied the middy to Hugh, with much gravity. The ex-Bagnio slave smiled, but whether at the reply or at the rushing Frenchman we cannot tell. When Laronde reached his room he found Peter the Great there, on his knees, packing a small valise. "Hallo! Peter, what are you doing? I want that." "Yes, Eddard, I know dat. Das why I's packin'."
'Coco, suppose you go see again, observed Judy. The negro again crawled out, and again he scanned the horizon. 'So help me God, dis time me tink, Judy yes, so help me God, me see a ship! cried Coco joyfully. 'Eh! screamed Judy faintly, with delight; 'den Massa Eddard no die.
Old Eddard has saved you, Old Eddard and the good Goad together!" Meanwhile the boat had been got round, and the men were rowing for Bryngelly as warm-hearted sailors will when life is at stake. They all knew Beatrice and loved her, and they remembered it as they rowed. The gloom was little hindrance to them for they could almost have navigated the coast blindfold.
The child, revived by the strange sustenance, gradually recovered its powers, and in a few minutes it pulled at the finger with a certain degree of vigour. "Look Judy, how Massa Eddard take it," continued Coco. "Pull away, Massa Eddard, pull away. Coco ab ten finger, and take long while suck em all dry." But the child was soon satisfied, and fell asleep in the arms of Judy.
'Coco, said she, wiping her cheek with the back of her hand, 'me give me heart blood for Massa Eddard; but no ab milk all gone. This forcible expression of love for the child, which was used by Judy, gave an idea to Coco. He drew his knife out of his pocket, and very coolly sawed to the bone of his forefinger.
Eh! stop, Judy, me put lilly finger in um mouth; suppose Massa Eddard no dead, him pull. Coco inserted his finger into the child's mouth, and felt a slight drawing pressure. 'Judy, cried Coco, 'Massa Eddard no dead yet. Try now, suppose you ab lilly drop oder side. Poor Judy shook her head mournfully, and a tear rolled down her cheek; she was aware that nature was exhausted.
The blood flowed and trickled down to the extremity, which he applied to the mouth of the infant. "See, Judy, Massa Eddard suck him not dead," cried Coco, chuckling at the fortunate result of the experiment, and forgetting at the moment their almost hopeless situation.
I shouldn't wonder, now, if Ben-Ahmed will hab to account to do Dey for de tottle disappearance of Hugh Sommers to say not'ing ob Eddard La La what's-'is-name an' p'r'aps he'd like to be able to say he'd no notion o' what de man he sent to fetch de slabe was goin' to do. Now he couldn't hab say dat, you know, if he let you tell him all about it like a goose as you was.
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