"I have placed great confidence in you; for you can easily imagine it would be extremely disagreeable to me, as well as to her, to become objects of public notoriety." "Your confidence is a sacred deposit," answered he.

"I have long been aware that the most romantic stories in the country have grown out of the institution of slavery; but this seems stranger than fiction.

With all my knowledge of the subject, I find it hard to realize that such a young lady as that has been in danger of being sold on the auction-block in this republic.

It makes one desirous to conceal that he is an American." "My principal reason for wishing to consult you," said Mrs.Delano, "is, that Mr.Fitzgerald, the purchaser of these girls, is now in the city, and Flora met him this morning.

Luckily, she was closely veiled, and he did not recognize her.