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Not
a
word
was
spoken
for
several
minutes
,
during
which
time
I
clung
fast
to
Northup
,
looking
up
into
his
face
,
fearful
I
should
awake
and
find
it
all
a
dream
.
"
Throw
down
that
sack
,
"
Northup
added
,
finally
;
"
your
cotton-picking
days
are
over
.
Come
with
us
to
the
man
you
live
with
.
"
I
obeyed
him
,
and
walking
between
him
and
the
sheriff
,
we
moved
towards
the
great
house
.
It
was
not
until
we
had
proceeded
some
distance
that
I
had
recovered
my
voice
sufficiently
to
ask
if
my
family
were
all
living
.
He
informed
me
he
had
seen
Anne
,
Margaret
and
Elizabeth
but
a
short
time
previously
;
that
Alonzo
was
also
living
,
and
all
were
well
.
My
mother
,
however
,
I
could
never
see
again
.
As
I
began
to
recover
in
some
measure
from
the
sudden
and
great
excitement
which
so
overwhelmed
me
,
I
grew
faint
and
weak
,
insomuch
it
was
with
difficulty
I
could
walk
.
The
sheriff
took
hold
of
my
arm
and
assisted
me
,
or
I
think
I
should
have
fallen
.
As
we
entered
the
yard
,
Epps
stood
by
the
gate
,
conversing
with
the
driver
.
That
young
man
,
faithful
to
his
instructions
,
was
entirely
unable
to
give
him
the
least
information
in
answer
to
his
repeated
inquiries
of
what
was
going
on
.
By
the
time
we
reached
him
he
was
almost
as
much
amazed
and
puzzled
as
Bob
or
Uncle
Abram
.
Shaking
hands
with
the
sheriff
,
and
receiving
an
introduction
to
Mr.
Northup
,
he
invited
them
into
the
house
,
ordering
me
,
at
the
same
time
,
to
bring
in
some
wood
.
It
was
some
time
before
I
succeeded
in
cutting
an
armful
,
having
,
somehow
,
unaccountably
lost
the
power
of
wielding
the
axe
with
any
manner
of
precision
.
When
I
entered
with
it
at
last
,
the
table
was
strewn
with
papers
,
from
one
of
which
Northup
was
reading
.
I
was
probably
longer
than
necessity
required
,
in
placing
the
sticks
upon
the
fire
,
being
particular
as
to
the
exact
position
of
each
individual
one
of
them
.
I
heard
the
words
,
"
the
said
Solomon
Northup
,
"
and
"
the
deponent
further
says
,
"
and
"
free
citizen
of
New-York
,
"
repeated
frequently
,
and
from
these
expressions
understood
that
the
secret
I
had
so
long
retained
from
Master
and
Mistress
Epps
,
was
finally
developing
.
I
lingered
as
long
as
prudence
permitted
,
and
was
about
leaving
the
room
,
when
Epps
inquired
,
"
Platt
,
do
you
know
this
gentleman
?
"
"
Yes
,
master
,
"
I
replied
,
"
I
have
known
him
as
long
as
I
can
remember
.
"
"
Where
does
he
live
?
"
"
He
lives
in
New-York
.
"
