So when Marse Robert com'd home, I axed him, an' he larf'd an' said, 'All right,' an' dat he would speak to ole Gundover 'bout it.

He didn't relish it bery much, but he didn't like to 'fuse Marse Robert.

He wouldn't sell her, for she tended his dairy, an' war mighty handy 'bout de house.

He said, I mought marry her an' come to see her wheneber Marse Robert would gib me a pass.

I wanted him to sell her, but he wouldn't hear to it, so I had to put up wid what I could git.