“It is a habit they cannot indulge in more than once in three years, where I am concerned. I do not come home every day.”
“An’ a werry good fing, too, for it’s a werry bad habit.”
“What, coming home?”
“No, sah. Dem niggahs is a werry bad habit as oughtn’t to be ’dulged in once—no, not once. Now cl’ar out wid yer all, an’ go ’bout yer work.”
This order was addressed to the negroes, who, overawed by the authority of the chief house servant, began to steal away from the house.
CHAPTER XV
LE’S FIERY TRIAL
Le was still walking up and down on the porch, when Mr. Force rode up, followed by his mounted groom.
He did not see Le, who was partly shaded by the bare tangle of the climbing rose vines on the trelliswork.