"'Neither do I. It is you that I care for.'
"'And you think that I would grieve?'
"'Yes, I do.'
"'It should be so. Indeed, Cora, he is a good man, and has been kind to us.'
"'But that won't last forever, young mistress. The old master is keen as he is kind. If he was to make his will now, have you much idea that his property would go to the wife, who scarcely speaks to him once in twenty-four hours?'
"I started, and turned upon the girl.
"'Why, Cora, you frighten me!'
"'Not so much as you have frightened me. Poor white widows aren't to my taste. We have tried that once, and I didn't like it.'
"'Cora, we will go back to the plantation.'
"'That is the best thing you can do,' answered the girl, quietly. 'Home is the place for a man to die in.'