We all ov us helped fer ter put 'em in de wagon, hid undeh a lot o' truck, an' den Sikes he done drove 'em out thro' de bluffs.

Ah done walked wif de gal, an' she tol' mor' 'bout herself, an' whar she cum frum; an' dat wus her name, sah." "Her name?
What name ?" "Rene Beaucaire; de quadroon woman, she wus her mother." I could scarcely voice my surprise, the quick throbbing of my heart threatening to choke me.
"She claimed that name?
She actually told you she was Rene Beaucaire ?" "She sure did.

Why?
Wan't thet her name ?" "I do not know," I confessed.

"I had supposed I had met such a person, but if what you tell me is true, I was mistaken.

Everything has become confused.