"Massa Maxwell's a sly dog. I take good care ob de
lady--not de fus time, nuder."
"Don't let her get away; take good care of her, and you shall have half
a dozen just such pieces."
"Never fear, Massa, I's use to de business."
De Guy left the building, satisfied, it would seem, of the negress'
fidelity.
CHAPTER XXIV.
"_Lieut_. Forgive me, sir, what I'm compelled t' obey: An order for
your close confinement.
"_King H_. Whence comes it, good lieutenant?
"_Lieut_. Sir, from the Duke of Gloster.
"_King H_. Good-night to all, then!"
SHAKSPEARE.
Connected with the estate at Bellevue, of which Jaspar Dumont was now in
actual possession, was a small slave jail. It had been constructed under
the immediate direction of Jaspar, to afford a place of confinement for
the runaway or refractory negroes of the plantation. It was located at
some distance from the proprietary mansion, and from the quarters of the
negroes. Jaspar's taste in matters of this kind was of the most refined
character, and he had caused it to be constructed on a plan and in a
manner that would seem to bid defiance to the skill of a Baron Trenck,
or a Stephen Burroughs.
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