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Not seeing her he proceeded to make inquiry of the servants; first appealing to Betsy. “I don’ know whar Miss T’rèse,” with a rising inflection on the “whar.” “I yain’t seed her sence mornin’, time she sont Unc’ Hi’um yonda to old Morico wid de light bread an’ truck,” replied the verbose Betsy. “Aunt B’lindy, you know whar Miss T’rèse?”
“Yas, um,” the girl answered to her mistress’ enquiry. “I seed ma’am Hosma goin’ to’ads de riva good hour ’go. She mus’ crost w’en Nathan tuck dat load ova. I yain’t seed ’er comin’ back yit.” Hosmer left the house hastily, hardly reassured by Betsy’s information. Thérèse’s glance speculating and uneasy followed his hurrying figure till it disappeared from sight.
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