"I should think they would be afraid."
"Da aint so afraid as some folks is, Massah St. John."
"Do you mean that as an insult to me, you good-for-nothing nigger?"
"No, sah. I mean Miss Marion an' Massah Jack are wery stout-hearted."
"My aunt is foolish to let Marion go out with that boy. Some day Marion will be drowned."
"Jack knows wot he is doin', I rackon, sah."
"You don't know him. He is thoroughly reckless. I presume as a nobody his life isn't worth much, but——"
"I rackon his life is as sweet to him as yours is to yo', Massah St. John."
"Can you take me out in a boat after them?"
"Sorry, sah, but I'se gwine to take dis gen'man out, sah."