Under the force of this indignation the orphans were swept swiftly aboard the Violetta. The hen, above mentioned, also came along with the current. The name of the hen is “Georgiana Tupper.” Mrs. Ulswater accomplished it in this way. She made an alliance with Susannah. The orphans were promptly aboard, Again, good! There they were.
The following morning they weren't. We found only Susannah still with us and Georgiana Tupper. The rest were gone, vanished forever. Captain Jansen approached us, and touched his cap.
“Yes'm. They yump; I hear 'em go yump, one, two, dree, four, six, un I get out dey boat, un dose gone swim ashore, un her don' yump. I don' know.”
Mrs. Ulswater turned on Susannah. “What made them jump?”
Said Susannah: “They ain't any good, those niggers. They're 'fraid.”
“Afraid of what?”
“Oh, they're just 'fraid to go. Their insides are all mush and dassent.”
“You're not afraid, Susannah?”
“Me!”
Singular, scornful maid!