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"It dis," said Pompey, trying to look very grave; "Massa Rochford found out whar de young missie is stayin'. He talk to her, an' she ready to come. Massa Rochford say if he had 'osses he bring her 'way, but oderwise he fear dey bof get caught; so he stop in a wood not far from deir lodges, whar no Indians find him.
"I don't tink I could sing oderwise." Walter had learned to steer well, and kept the boat's head carefully to the seas, so that she rose over each of them as they came hissing by. The wind was blowing on the land; and though the boat's head was turned the other way, she was in reality drifting towards it.
"That am I secure," replied Amphillis, smiling, and kissing the goldsmith's daughter. "And an old uncle belike?" pursued Mr Altham, kissing her in his turn. "Assuredly, dear Uncle; but I pray, how came you hither?" "Dat shall I tell you," said Mrs Altham, "for oderwise you shall not know what good uncle you have.
I only hope in de mean time no man-o'-war get hold ob us; if she did, I should be hung up wid de rest, and de judges not believe I come on board 'cause oderwise I drown, and stay only to make a sea-pie. We soon get near an island, which I guess was one ob de Bahamas from de way de ship was steered, now in one direction, now in anoder, between rocks and sandbanks.
"'Missus, sais I, 'I nebber stole the vally of a pin's head off ob dis plantation, I scorn to do such a nasty, dirty, mean action, and you so kind as to gib me more nor I want, and you knows dat, Missus; you knows it, oderwise you wouldn't send me to de bank, instead ob white oberseer, Mr Succatash, for six, seben, or eight hundred dollars at a time.
"Geo'ge," said Peter solemnly, "you tell me you hab took 'vantage ob bein' invited to your master's house to make lub plo plotummikilly or oderwise to your master's slabe?" "No, Peter, I told you nothing of the sort. The meeting with Hester was purely accidental at least it was none of my seeking and I did not make love to her " "Did she make lub to you, Geo'ge plo plotummikilly." "Certainly not.
Me sall no do boast of dat neider: for what can me do oderwise dan consider of de good of dose poor people who go about all day to give me always de best of what dey get. Dey love and honour me darefore, because me do love and take care of dem; dat is all, me know no oder reason.
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