"And you will be free?"
"I will, or I will die. I will not be a slave!" said he, in an energetic whisper.
"How grand it would be! I wish I could be free," sighed Lily. "I don't know what will become of me one of these days."
"None of us can know."
"If I were a man I should not fear so much. Master was offered two thousand dollars for me a year ago."
"He will not sell you."
"Whether he does or not, I shall be miserable as long as I live. I often wish I was dead."
"Poor Lily!" sighed Dandy.
"Can't I go with you," asked she, bending over him, and whispering the words into his ear.
"You, Lily! I shall go to the swamps first. I may have to live with the alligators for months, perhaps for years."