here'-continued

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Isabella, whose heart yearned over her father, and who would have made any sacrifice to have been able to be with, and take care of him, tried to comfort, by telling him that 'she had heard the white folks say, that all the slaves in the State would be freed in ten years, and that then she would come and take care of him. 'I would take just as good care of you as Mau-mau would, if she was here'-continued Isabel.

Olive Gilbert - The Narrative of Sojourner Truth