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Rendered desperate now, Peter the Great started forward with glaring eyes. "Massa," he said, "an idea hab just struck me. Will you come out a momint? I wants to tell you somet'ing bery hard." The appearance, not less than the earnestness, of the negro, inclined Osman to comply with his request; but, hesitating, he said "Why not tell me here, Peter? We are all friends, you know."
"Oh! he beliebed it, an' he says, says he, `I's griebed to hear it, Mis'r Amstrung, an' ob course you cannot 'spect me to gib my consent to my darter marryin' a beggar! O Quash, w'en I hears dat I bu'sted a'most! I do beliebe if I'd bin 'longside o' dat kurnel at dat momint I hab gib him a most horrible smack in de face." "De skownril!" muttered Quashy between his clenched teeth.
I've come for to set you free not exactly at this momint, howiver, for the boys o' the camp haven't all gone to bed yet; but whin they're quiet, I'll come again an' help you to escape. I've only come now to let you know." The Irishman then proceeded to give Tom Brixton a minute account of all that had been done in his behalf.
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