"Yes; one could hardly miss them at that distance. I am glad to say that none of them got away. You are back earlier than I expected."
"Yes, sah; me found out all de news in good time, and den, as eberyone say hurricane come on, I hurry all de way to get here before he come."
"Well, come up, Dinah. Madame is going on very well. You know those two mulattoes?"
"Me know dem, sah; dey bery bad men, dey lead de black fellows to de attack."
"Well, it is well that they came up here, for they had, hidden in their sashes, all madame's jewels."
"Dat am good news, sah," the old woman said as she joined him, "dat powerful good news. Madame didn't say anyting about jewels, but Dinah tought of dem, and what a terrible ting it would be if she had lost dem! Dat good affair."
"So you think that we are going to have a storm, Dinah?"
"Sartin suah, sah; bery hot las' night, bery hot dis morning, and jest as me got to top of hill me saw de clouds coming up bery fast."
"I didn't notice the heat particularly. Of course it is very shady in this deep gorge, and one does not see much of the sky."
"Dis bery good place, sah—better dan house, much better dan forest. Me was despate frighted dat storm would come before me got here."