“O—a master; there may be reasons.”
“What! for avoiding it?”
“Ya—a!” replied Quaco, in a thoughtful, drawling tone.
“What reasons, friend?”
“Don’t you see the roof of a house—just over the tops of them pawpaws?”
“Yes—what of that?”
“That’s the baracoon.”
“The baracoon?”
“Ya—the penn of de Jew Jess’ron.”
“And what if it be?”