"Oh, if you can't let me out, don't leave me! Oh, don't leave me, Ann! I is so orful skeered. I do see such terrible sights, and it 'pears like when you is here talking, dem orful things don't come arter me."
"You go, Ann, and watch with Aunt Polly's body; I will stay here with this poor creature."
"What, you, young master; no, no, you shall not, it will kill you. Your cough will increase, and it might prove fatal. No, I will stay here."
"But who will watch with Aunt Polly?"
"I will awaken Amy, and make her keep guard."
"No, she is too young, lacks nerve, will be frightened; besides, you must not be found here in the morning. You would be severely punished for it. Go now, good Ann, and leave me here."
"No, young master, I cannot leave you to what I am sure will be certain death."
"That would be no misfortune to me."
And I shall never forget the calm and half-glorified expression of his face, as he pronounced these words.