"It ha' never seen a man just like you before," he observed.

"I saw Sir Jeffrey Amherst this morning and told him you were in London.

He is fond of you and paid you many compliments and made me promise to bring you to his home." "I'd like to smoke a pipe with ol' Jeff," Solomon answered.

"They ain't no nonsense 'bout him.

I learnt him how to talk Injun an' read rapids an' build a fire with tinder an' elbow grease.