She forced a calmness she did not feel, and replied carelessly:
"The blacks, you know, Celine, are very ignorant. Their questions appear quite ridiculous sometimes to intelligent and well-informed people."
[CHAPTER XXVII.]
Celine looked cunningly at Golden, as she made her confused explanation.
"You seem to be well acquainted with the character of the negroes," she said. "Perhaps you have been in the south."
"I have," replied Golden, with sudden, pretty defiance. "It was my birth-place."
"Where? Glenalvan Hall?" asked Celine, thinking to catch her.
"I did not say that," replied Golden, coolly.
"No? Well, I will tell you what that old woman—Dinah, she was called, asked me about a young lady."