Caillou. Go on—I'm dumb.
Point. One thousand bid. [Knocks.] He's yours, Captain Ratts, Magnolia steamer. [Solon goes down and stands behind Ratts.] "No. 2, the yellow girl Grace, with two children—Saul, aged four, and Victoria five." [They get on table.]
Scud. That's Solon's wife and children, Judge.
Grace. [To Ratts.] Buy me, Mas'r Ratts, do buy me, sar?
Ratts. What in thunder should I do with you and those devils on board my boat?
Grace. Wash, sar—cook, sar—anyting.
Ratts. Eight hundred agin, then—I'll go it.
Jackson. Nine.
Ratts. I'm broke, Solon—I can't stop the Judge.
Thib. What's the matter, Ratts? I'll lend you all you want. Go it, if you're a mind to.