"On what?"
"On de seezun ob de y'ar."
"On the season of the year! You mean he comes at one time more than another?"
"Yes, sar; jess so."
Jake had ceased to be communicative, and required drawing.
"I suppose there are times when business requires him to be at your master's plantation?"
"Wal, ye see, dar's de summer seezun, he doan' come much den. I b'lieve him been only twice dis summer, an' de once you see um you'seff, sar. An dar's de winter seezun. Den Mass' Bradley go good deal down to de grand city—Orleans. So de folks say."
"That would leave him no time to visit your master's plantation."
"Ah, he find time fo' dat."
"But when?"