He thought he had every avenue guarded." "And--and you said his mother was a negress ?" "Yes--old Sallie." "What! That awful creature!" "Probably she was not that in her younger days." "I cannot imagine such a thing.

How did you learn this ?" "From Broussard first.

They have been together for years, but I happened to discover the fellow when he was angry over a punishment.
He talked more freely than he intended to do, and later I verified all he said by the letters found." "Then, strange as it sounds, it is true ?" "Without doubt.

Moreover," and I lowered my voice in sudden embarrassment, "within the last two weeks the Captain had received news from his agent in the North, which gave him fresh confidence.

From his standpoint he no longer had any cause for fear from the chief source." "What--what do you mean ?" "You will believe me?
You will not think I manufacture this ?" "Certainly not:--but--but I do not understand." "Well, the man reported that he had found trace of Philip Henley; he told of the life the man was leading, and where he lived.