Fer sum reason ol' Beaucaire never set her free, ner the quadroon nether.

Wal' Kirby he heard tell o' all this sumwhar down the river.

Yer see he an' Bert Beaucaire run tergether fer a while, till Bert got killed in a row in New Orleans.

I reckon he tol' him part o' the story, an' the rest he picked up in Saint Louee.

Enyhow it looked like a damn good thing ter Kirby, who ain't passin' up many bets.