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"
I
do
n't
see
anything
remarkable
about
him
,
"
Bass
observed
.
"
Why
,
just
feel
of
him
,
now
,
"
Epps
rejoined
.
"
You
do
n't
see
a
boy
very
often
put
together
any
closer
than
he
is
.
He
's
a
thin-skin
'd
cuss
,
and
wo
n't
bear
as
much
whipping
as
some
;
but
he
's
got
the
muscle
in
him
,
and
no
mistake
.
"
Bass
felt
of
me
,
turned
me
round
,
and
made
a
thorough
examination
,
Epps
all
the
while
dwelling
on
my
good
points
.
But
his
visitor
seemed
to
take
but
little
interest
finally
in
the
subject
,
and
consequently
it
was
dropped
.
Bass
soon
departed
,
giving
me
another
sly
look
of
recognition
and
significance
,
as
he
trotted
out
of
the
yard
.
When
he
was
gone
I
obtained
a
pass
,
and
started
for
Tanner
's
--
not
Peter
Tanner
's
,
of
whom
mention
has
previously
been
made
,
but
a
relative
of
his
.
I
played
during
the
day
and
most
of
the
night
,
spending
the
next
day
,
Sunday
,
in
my
cabin
.
Monday
I
crossed
the
bayou
to
Douglas
Marshall
's
,
all
Epps
'
slaves
accompanying
me
,
and
on
Tuesday
went
to
the
old
Norwood
place
,
which
is
the
third
plantation
above
Marshall
's
,
on
the
same
side
of
the
water
.
This
estate
is
now
owned
by
Miss
Mary
McCoy
,
a
lovely
girl
,
some
twenty
years
of
age
.
She
is
the
beauty
and
the
glory
of
Bayou
Bœuf
.
She
owns
about
a
hundred
working
hands
,
besides
a
great
many
house
servants
,
yard
boys
,
and
young
children
.
Her
brother-in-law
,
who
resides
on
the
adjoining
estate
,
is
her
general
agent
.
She
is
beloved
by
all
her
slaves
,
and
good
reason
indeed
have
they
to
be
thankful
that
they
have
fallen
into
such
gentle
hands
.
Nowhere
on
the
bayou
are
there
such
feasts
,
such
merrymaking
,
as
at
young
Madam
McCoy
's
.
Thither
,
more
than
to
any
other
place
,
do
the
old
and
the
young
for
miles
around
love
to
repair
in
the
time
of
the
Christmas
holidays
;
for
nowhere
else
can
they
find
such
delicious
repasts
;
nowhere
else
can
they
hear
a
voice
speaking
to
them
so
pleasantly
.
No
one
is
so
well
beloved
--
no
one
fills
so
large
a
space
in
the
hearts
of
a
thousand
slaves
,
as
young
Madam
McCoy
,
the
orphan
mistress
of
the
old
Norwood
estate
.
On
my
arrival
at
her
place
,
I
found
two
or
three
hundred
had
assembled
.
The
table
was
prepared
in
a
long
building
,
which
she
had
erected
expressly
for
her
slaves
to
dance
in
.
It
was
covered
with
every
variety
of
food
the
country
afforded
,
and
was
pronounced
by
general
acclamation
to
be
the
rarest
of
dinners
.
Roast
turkey
,
pig
,
chicken
,
duck
,
and
all
kinds
of
meat
,
baked
,
boiled
,
and
broiled
,
formed
a
line
the
whole
length
of
the
extended
table
,
while
the
vacant
spaces
were
filled
with
tarts
,
jellies
,
and
frosted
cake
,
and
pastry
of
many
kinds
.
The
young
mistress
walked
around
the
table
,
smiling
and
saying
a
kind
word
to
each
one
,
and
seemed
to
enjoy
the
scene
exceedingly
.
When
the
dinner
was
over
the
tables
were
removed
to
make
room
for
the
dancers
.
I
tuned
my
violin
and
struck
up
a
lively
air
;
while
some
joined
in
a
nimble
reel
,
others
patted
and
sang
their
simple
but
melodious
songs
,
filling
the
great
room
with
music
mingled
with
the
sound
of
human
voices
and
the
clatter
of
many
feet
.
In
the
evening
the
mistress
returned
,
and
stood
in
the
door
a
long
time
,
looking
at
us
.
She
was
magnificently
arrayed
.
Her
dark
hair
and
eyes
contrasted
strongly
with
her
clear
and
delicate
complexion
.
Her
form
was
slender
but
commanding
,
and
her
movement
was
a
combination
of
unaffected
dignity
and
grace
.
