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"
Excuse
me
,
sir
,
if
I
say
that
is
none
of
your
business
,
"
answered
Bass
,
stopping
and
looking
his
interrogator
searchingly
in
the
face
.
"
Perhaps
I
am
rather
hasty
,
Mr.
Bass
;
I
beg
your
pardon
;
but
I
have
come
from
the
State
of
New-York
to
accomplish
the
purpose
the
writer
of
a
letter
dated
the
15th
of
August
,
post-marked
at
Marksville
,
had
in
view
.
Circumstances
have
led
me
to
think
that
you
are
perhaps
the
man
who
wrote
it
.
I
am
in
search
of
Solomon
Northup
.
If
you
know
him
,
I
beg
you
to
inform
me
frankly
where
he
is
,
and
I
assure
you
the
source
of
any
information
you
may
give
me
shall
not
be
divulged
,
if
you
desire
it
not
to
be
.
"
A
long
time
Bass
looked
his
new
acquaintance
steadily
in
the
eyes
,
without
opening
his
lips
.
He
seemed
to
be
doubting
in
his
own
mind
if
there
was
not
an
attempt
to
practice
some
deception
upon
him
.
Finally
he
said
,
deliberately
--
"
I
have
done
nothing
to
be
ashamed
of
.
I
am
the
man
who
wrote
the
letter
.
If
you
have
come
to
rescue
Solomon
Northup
,
I
am
glad
to
see
you
.
"
"
When
did
you
last
see
him
,
and
where
is
he
?
"
Northup
inquired
.
"
I
last
saw
him
Christmas
,
a
week
ago
to-day
.
He
is
the
slave
of
Edwin
Epps
,
a
planter
on
Bayou
Bœuf
,
near
Holmesville
.
He
is
not
known
as
Solomon
Northup
;
he
is
called
Platt
.
"
The
secret
was
out
--
the
mystery
was
unraveled
.
Through
the
thick
,
black
cloud
,
amid
whose
dark
and
dismal
shadows
I
had
walked
twelve
years
,
broke
the
star
that
was
to
light
me
back
to
liberty
.
All
mistrust
and
hesitation
were
soon
thrown
aside
,
and
the
two
men
conversed
long
and
freely
upon
the
subject
uppermost
in
their
thoughts
.
Bass
expressed
the
interest
he
had
taken
in
my
behalf
--
his
intention
of
going
north
in
the
Spring
,
and
declaring
that
he
had
resolved
to
accomplish
my
emancipation
,
if
it
were
in
his
power
.
He
described
the
commencement
and
progress
of
his
acquaintance
with
me
,
and
listened
with
eager
curiosity
to
the
account
given
him
of
my
family
,
and
the
history
of
my
early
life
.
Before
separating
,
he
drew
a
map
of
the
bayou
on
a
strip
of
paper
with
a
piece
of
red
chalk
,
showing
the
locality
of
Epps
'
plantation
,
and
the
road
leading
most
directly
to
it
.
Northup
and
his
young
companion
returned
to
Marksville
,
where
it
was
determined
to
commence
legal
proceedings
to
test
the
question
of
my
right
to
freedom
.
I
was
made
plaintiff
,
Mr.
Northup
acting
as
my
guardian
,
and
Edwin
Epps
defendant
.
The
process
to
be
issued
was
in
the
nature
of
replevin
,
directed
to
the
sheriff
of
the
parish
,
commanding
him
to
take
me
into
custody
,
and
detain
me
until
the
decision
of
the
court
.
By
the
time
the
papers
were
duly
drawn
up
,
it
was
twelve
o'clock
at
night
--
too
late
to
obtain
the
necessary
signature
of
the
Judge
,
who
resided
some
distance
out
of
town
.
Further
business
was
therefore
suspended
until
Monday
morning
.
