I'm here in search of a home.

I wish to find some place to settle down in for life, where I shall not labour under as many disadvantages as I must struggle against in the South." "One thing I must tell you," rejoined Mr.Ellis; "if you should settle down here, you'll have to be either one thing or other--white or coloured.
Either you must live exclusively amongst coloured people, or go to the whites and remain with them.

But to do the latter, you must bear in mind that it must never be known that you have a drop of African blood in your veins, or you would be shunned as if you were a pestilence; no matter how fair in complexion or how white you may be." "I have not as yet decided on trying the experiment, and I hardly think it probable I shall," rejoined Winston.

As he said this he took out his watch, and was astonished to find how very long his visit had been.

He therefore gave his hand to Mr.Ellis, and promised to return at six o'clock and accompany him home to visit his family.
As he was leaving the shop, Mr.Ellis remarked: "George, you have not said a word respecting your mother." His face flushed, and the tears started in his eyes, as he replied, in a broken voice, "She's dead! Only think, Ellis, she died within a stone's throw of me, and I searching for her all the while.