I could not blame you, for I have no claim on your service--never have had.

You have done a thousand times too much already; you have risked honor, reputation, and neglected duty to aid my escape; and--and I am nothing to you--can be nothing." "Nothing to me!" "Certainly not.

Why speak like that?
Have you forgotten again that I am a slave--a negress?
Think, Lieutenant Knox, what it would mean to you to be caught in my company; to be overtaken while attempting to assist me in escaping from my master.

Now no one dreams of such a thing, and no one ever need dream.

You have had your adventure; let it end here.