“De gemman who sent me ter find yer, sah.”
“Who was it?”
“Massa John Hill, sah.”
“Ah! My old friend, John Hill?”
“Dat’s him, sah.”
“I thought he went East.”
“He did went dere, sah, but he come back.”
“Where is he?”
“Whar de debble c’u’dn’t fin’ him, sah, fer he do be los’.”