Dido. 4, the Octoroon girl, Zoe.". M'Closky. O, how d'ye do, sir? Wahnotee. We can leave this country, and go far away where none can know. then I shall be sold!---sold! Bless his dear old handwriting, it's all I ever saw of him. To-morrow they'll bloom the same---all will be here as now, and I shall be cold. how can you say so? O, how I lapped up her words, like a thirsty bloodhound! Scud. Point. Zoe. I will! Silence in the court; stand back, let the gentlemen of the jury retire, consult, and return their verdict. So it went, till one day the judge found the tap wouldn't run. The Oxford English Dictionary cites The Octoroon with the earliest record of the word "mashup" with the quote: "He don't understand; he speaks a mash up of Indian, French, and Mexican." I'm gwine! [Tumbles upon the table.]. No, the love I speak of is not such as you suppose,---it is a passion that has grown up here since I arrived; but it is a hopeless, mad, wild feeling, that must perish. he's coming this way, fighting with his Injiun. What's dat? Nebber supply no more, sar---nebber dance again. He said so. [SeesPete,*who has set his pail down*L. C.up stage, and goes to sleep on it.] I'm afraid to die; yet I am more afraid to live. O, aunt! I believe Mr. M'Closky has a bill of sale on them. Come, Miss Dora, let me offer you my arm. Scud. Why, with principal and interest this debt has been more than doubled in twenty years. [Draws knife.] He's yours, Captain Ratts, Magnolia steamer. [R. C.] That's my son---buy him, Mas'r Ratts; he's sure to sarve you well. George. He's an Injiun---fair play. It's near that now, and there's still the sugar-houses to be inspected. I mean that before you could draw that bowie-knife, you wear down your back, I'd cut you into shingles. Never mind. Paul. he tinks it's a gun. All Rights Reserved. Well, he lived in New York by sittin' with his heels up in front of French's Hotel, and inventin'---. We got the horses saddled, and galloped down the shell road over the Piney Patch; then coasting the Bayou Lake, we crossed the long swamps, by Paul's Path, and so came home again. Your birth---I know it. And dar's de 'paratus---O, gosh, if I could take a likeness ob dis child! I am his love---he loves an Octoroon. my life, my happy life; why has it been so bright? Then, as I knelt there, weeping for courage, a snake rattled beside me. One thousand bid. Wahnotee appears, drunk and sorrowful, and tells them that Paul is buried near them. Sunny. Paul. Yours, &c, James Brown." It contains elements of Romanticism and melodrama. Zoe. It ain't no use now; you got to gib it up! She didn't mind how kind old judge was to her; and Solon, too, he'll holler, and break de ole lady's heart. George, dear George, do you love me? What, sar? Zoe, bring here the judge's old desk; it is in the library. go on. Hole yer tongue, Dido. Dora. You wanted to come to an understanding, and I'm coming thar as quick as I can. Scud. He stood gazing in wonder at her work-basket as if it was something extraordinary. ], [Gets in canoe and rows off,L.---Wahnotee*paddles canoe on,*R.---gets out and finds trail---paddles off after him,L.]. Zoe. Dat you drink is fust rate for red fever. Pete. [Aside,C.] Insolent as usual.---[Aloud.] Yes, den a glass ob fire-water; now den. [Raises hand to back of his neck.] Lafouche. Raits. Wahnotee. That's his programme---here's a pocket-book. M'Closky. It carried that easy on mortgage. At New Orleans, they said, "She's pretty, very pretty, but no brains." Sorry I can't help you, but the fact is, you're in such an all-fired mess that you couldn't be pulled out without a derrick. M'Closky. Who is it? How can she then ask her father to free me? Essay Topics. Boucicaults The Octoroon famous quotes & sayings: Ivan Glasenberg: We work. I deserve to be a nigger this day---I feel like one, inside. Mrs. P.Why, George, I never suspected this! ", Zoe. Pete. Mrs. P.Yes, there is a hope left yet, and I cling to it. Pete. [*Goes*L.] Paul reste el! Zoe. What's this? [They get on table.]. I want Pete here a minute. [*Exit*Dora,L.U.E.] What on earth does that child mean or want? [Kicks pail from underPete,*and lets him down.*]. Here 'tis---now you give one timble-full---dat's nuff. The house of Mason Brothers, of Liverpool, failed some twenty years ago in my husband's debt. Pete. Aunty, there is sickness up at the house; I have been up all night beside one who suffers, and I remembered that when I had the fever you gave me a drink, a bitter drink, that made me sleep---do you remember it? Debbel's in de pail! Hush! George---George---hush---they come! Dat's de laziest nigger on dis yere property. George Peyton returns to the United States from a trip to France to find that the plantation he has inherited is in dire financial straits as a result of his late uncle's beneficence. You called it yourself; you wanted to make us murder that Injiun; and since we've got our hands in for justice, we'll try it on you. Ben Tolosa You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. me! Sharon Gannon. Go on, Pete, you've waked up the Christian here, and the old hoss responds. Don't say that, ma'am; don't say that to a man that loves another gal. Fifteen thousand bid for the Octoroon. Paul and Wahnotee arrive back with the mailbags and play around with the camera. I think so; shall I ask him that too? O, none for me; I never eat. Scud. I had but one Master on earth, and he has given me my freedom! ZOE played by an octoroon actress, a white actress, a quadroon actress, a biracial actress, a multi-racial actress, or an actress of color who can pass as an octoroon. No, dear. Lafouche. Twelve thousand. Poor child! [Solon goes down and stands behind Ratts.] Pete. Scud. Put your hands on your naked breasts, and let every man as don't feel a real American heart there, bustin' up with freedom, truth, and right, let that man step out---that's the oath I put to ye---and then say, Darn ye, go it! "Sign that," says the overseer; "it's only a formality." [Inside room.] [Examines the ground.] Well, that's all right; but as he can't marry her, and as Miss Dora would jump at him---. Ah! Excuse me; one of the principal mortgagees has made the demand. Don't b'lieve it, Mas'r George,---no. Cora, educated in Britain, returns to her fathers plantation in Louisiana to explore the truth about her mother's. Zoe. Alas! Scud. None o' ye ign'rant niggars could cry for yerselves like dat. Make an argument for each side of the slavery argument here, analyzing how the play could be read as both anti- and pro-slavery. [ToMrs. Scud. One morning dey swarmed on a sassafras tree in de swamp, and I cotched 'em all in a sieve.---dat's how dey come on top of dis yearth---git out, you,---ya, ya! "A fine, well-built old family mansion, replete with every comfort.". M'Closky. George says he can "overcome the obstacle" (43), but Zoe protests that they cannot be together. An extremely beautiful young slave girl, who is treated like a member of the family, Zoe is kind, generous, and adored by every man who lays eyes on her. Scud. Pete. [Reads.] I can think of nothing but the image that remains face to face with me: so beautiful, so simple, so confiding, that I dare not express the feelings that have grown up so rapidly in my heart. Don't b'lieve it, Mas'r George; dem black tings never was born at all; dey swarmed one mornin' on a sassafras tree in the swamp: I cotched 'em; dey ain't no 'count. M'Closky hates Scudder in return, especially because they both love Zoe, Mr. Peyton's "octoroon" daughter, Zoe. Mrs. P.But it may be years yet before it will be paid off, if ever. The devil I am! How dar you say dat, you black nigger, you? Then I will go to the Red Light or the Monte Carlo and dance the floor afire. clar out! Sunny. Zoe. Is my plantation at Comptableau worth this? she would revolt from it, as all but you would; and if I consented to hear the cries of my heart, if I did not crush out my infant love, what would she say to the poor girl on whom she had bestowed so much? By fair means I don't think you can get her, and don't you try foul with her, 'cause if you do, Jacob, civilization be darned. Take your hand down---take it down. What! No, sir; you have omitted the Octoroon girl, Zoe. Point. [Outside,R.U.E.] Dis way---dis way. Is the prisoner guilty, or is he not guilty? "No," say Mas'r George, "I'd rather sell myself fuss; but dey shan't suffer, nohow,---I see 'em dam fuss.". I'll sweep these Peytons from this section of the country. M'Closky. Where am I to get it? Zoe. Hee! I tell ye, 't'ain't so---we can't do it---we've got to be sold---, Pete. Grace. Mrs. P.Zoe, dear, I'm glad to see you more calm this morning. Away with him---put him down the aft hatch, till we rig his funeral. I've seen it, I tell you; and darn it, ma'am, can't you see that's what's been a hollowing me out so---I beg your pardon. [*Enter*George,C.] Ah! This New York Times article cautions its readers against jumping to conclusions about Boucicault's intentions in the writing of the play and downplays . ], George. Ratts. Pete, speak to the red-skin. Sunny. [Rises.] I've got four plates ready, in case we miss the first shot. D'ye hear it---nearer---nearer---ah! You are illegitimate, but love knows no prejudice. George. Pete. George. Then I shall never leave Terrebonne---the drink, nurse; the drink; that I may never leave my home---my dear, dear home. [Advances.] TheNegromounts the table from behind*C.The Company sit. M'Closky overhears their conversation, but still vows he'll "have her if it costs [him] [his] life" (44). she look as though she war gwine to have a tooth drawed! Zoe. Dem debils. M'Closky. Dora. What's here? Zoe. What's here---judgments? George. I say, then, air you honest men? M'Closky. I shall never understand how to wound the feelings of any lady; and, if that is the custom here, I shall never acquire it. Stop; this would. I---my mother was---no, no---not her! I hope we don't intrude on the family. Scud. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. Pete. What's come ob de child? here's the other one; she's a little too thoroughbred---too much of the greyhound; but the heart's there, I believe. Scud. You love George; you love him dearly; I know it: and you deserve to be loved by him. In cash? McClosky has proved that Judge Peyton did not succeed in legally freeing her, as he had meant to do. what, dem?---get away! Dat's me---yer, I'm comin'---stand around dar. He confesses it; the Indian got drunk, quarreled with him, and killed him. That judgment still exists; under it and others this estate is sold to-day. Scud. Zoe. I'll trouble you for that piece of baccy, Judge---thank you---so, gentlemen, as life is short, we'll start right off. George. Say, Mas'r Scudder, take me in dat telescope? He looked in to see what stopped it, and pulled out a big mortgage. [Sits,R. C.]. Dora. [Enters house.]. [They rush onM'Closky,and disarm him.] It will cost me all I'm worth. M'Closky. With your New England hypocrisy, you would persuade yourself it was this family alone you cared for; it ain't---you know it ain't---'tis the "Octoroon;" and you love her as I do; and you hate me because I'm your rival---that's where the tears come from, Salem Scudder, if you ever shed any---that's where the shoe pinches. Providence has chosen your executioner. Paying the iron price. [*With-draws slide, turns and sees*Paul.] Sunny. To be alive is to be breathing. He said I want a nigger. Not a bale. The play was adapted by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as An Octoroon in 2014. D'ye feel it? George. Can you take any more? Were they all born on this estate? He can fight though he's a painter; claws all over. is this true?---no, it ain't---darn it, say it ain't. Dora. I shall see this estate pass from me without a sigh, for it possesses no charm for me; the wealth I covet is the love of those around me---eyes that are rich in fond looks, lips that breathe endearing words; the only estate I value is the heart of one true woman, and the slaves I'd have are her thoughts. [*Seizes whip, and holds*Paul. Scud. "The free papers of my daughter, Zoe, registered February 4th, 1841." I say---he smoke and smoke, but nebber look out ob de fire; well knowing dem critters, I wait a long time---den he say, "Wahnotee, great chief;" den I say nothing---smoke anoder time---last, rising to go, he turn round at door, and say berry low---O, like a woman's voice, he say, "Omenee Pangeuk,"---dat is, Paul is dead---nebber see him since. Last night I overheard you weeping in your room, and you said, "I'd rather see her dead than so! Zoe. forgive your poor child. Hark! [C.] My dear aunt, why do you not move from this painful scene? Ratts. O! This gal and them children belong to that boy Solon there. Mr. Scudder, take us with you---Mr. Peyton is so slow, there's no getting him, on. A puppy, if he brings any of his European airs here we'll fix him.---[Aloud.] You're bidding to separate them, Judge. Coventry Patmore, if a man has no stability when you meet him, you may want to stay clear of him. [Minnie runs off.] Despite the happiness Zoe stands dying and the play ends with her death on the sitting-room couch and George kneeling beside her. Mrs. P.O, George,---my son, let me call you,---I do not speak for my own sake, nor for the loss of the estate, but for the poor people here; they will be sold, divided, and taken away---they have been born here. I wish they could sell me! Hello! Are they? Say, Mas'r Scudder, s'pose we go in round by de quarters and raise de darkies, den dey cum long wid us, and we 'proach dat ole house like Gin'ral Jackson when he took London out dar. Everybody---that is, I heard so. Thank ye; thank ye. Scud. Synopsis. D'ye call running away from a fellow catching him? Mr. Sunnyside, I can't do this job of showin' round the folks; my stomach goes agin it. I heard voices. I will! Sunny. Top Boucicault The Octoroon Quotes. [Goes up.]. | Contact Us If she ain't worth her weight in sunshine you may take one of my fingers off, and choose which you like. [Stands with his hand extended towards the house, and tableau.]. M'Closky. That's right. When the ship's abroad on the ocean, when the army is before the enemy where in thunder's the law? shall we have one law for the red-skin and another for the white? Zoe. [Laughing.] "But, mister, that ain't my nose." I've got engaged eight hundred bales at the next landing, and one hundred hogsheads of sugar at Patten's Slide---that'll take my guards under---hurry up thar. two forms! The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. Come along; she har what we say, and she's cryin' for us. Zoe. Point. Paul has promised me a bear and a deer or two. What, Picayune Paul, as we called, him, that used to come aboard my boat?---poor little darkey, I Hope not; many a picayune he picked up for his dance and nigger-songs, and he supplied our table with fish and game from the Bayous. One hundred and forty-nine bales. George. Lynch him! I must launch my dug-out, and put for the bay, and in a few hours I shall be safe from pursuit on board of one of the coasting schooners that run from Galveston to Matagorda. *Re-enter*Lafouche,R.,with smashed apparatus. what will become of her when I am gone? Improvements---anything, from a stay-lace to a fire-engine. Scud. Aunt, I will take my rifle down to the Atchafalaya. Scud. George offers to take her to a different country, but Zoe insists that she stay to help Terrebonne; Scudder then appears and suggests that George marry Dora. Dam dat Injiun! Dora. You! I see we are just in time for breakfast. George reluctantly agrees. No; Wahnotee is a gentle, honest creature, and remains here because he loves that boy with the tenderness of a woman. Scud. Mr. Lafouche, why, how do you do, sir? [Outside,R.] Whar's Missus---whar's Mas'r George? Dora. George. I have a restorative here---will you poor it in the glass? It is an adaptation of Dion Boucicault's The Octoroon , which premiered in 1859. M'Closky. Sunny. Dido. "No. No! Zoe. The apparatus can't mistake. burn! Stan' back, I say I I'll nip the first that lays a finger on Him. Good morning, Colonel. I thank Heaven you have not lived to see this day. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. Dora. [During the dialogueWahnoteehas takenGeorge'sgun. Zoe, if all I possess would buy your freedom, I would gladly give it. Ha, ha! If even Asian women saw the men of their own blood as less than other men, what was the use in arguing otherwise? [Returning with rifle.] [Shouts heard,R.]. There are no witnesses but a rum bottle and an old machine. I'd give half the balance of my life to wipe out my part of the work. Go outside, there; listen to what you hear, then go down to the quarters and tell the boys, for I can't do it. George, you may without a blush confess your love for the Octoroon! Of the blood that feeds my heart, one drop in eight is black---bright red as the rest may be, that one drop poisons all the flood; those seven bright drops give me love like yours---hope like yours---ambition like yours---Life hung with passions like dew-drops on the morning flowers; but the one black drop gives me despair, for I'm an unclean thing---forbidden by the laws---I'm an Octoroon! Dat wakes him up. *EnterPete, Grace, Minnie, Solon, Dido,and all*Niggers,R.U.E. Pete. Dido. Can't be ober dar an' here too---I ain't twins. New York, NY, Linda Ray [Rising.] What, on Terrebonne? The conflict centers around Zoe, "the Octoroon", a term used at the time to describe a person who was 1/8 African, 7/8 Caucasian. Liverpool post mark. Mrs. P.No wonder! [Knocks.] What! [Draws pistol---M'Closky*rushes on and falls atScudder'sfeet.*]. George and Zoe reveal their love for each other, but Zoe rejects George's marriage proposal. Point. Extremely popular, the play was kept running continuously for years by seven road companies. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Those free papers ain't worth the sand that's on 'em. O, law, sir, dat debil Closky, he tore hisself from de gen'lam, knock me down, take my light, and trows it on de turpentine barrels, and de shed's all afire! Terrebonne is yours. *EnterMrs. PeytonandScudder, M'Closkyand*Pointdexter,R. M'Closky. A draft for eighty-five thousand dollars, and credit on Palisse and Co., of New Orleans, for the balance. | About Us whew! Mr. Scudder, good morning. Would you rob me first, and murder me afterwards? George. O! M'Closky. She's in love with young Peyton; it made me curse, whar it made you cry, as it does now; I see the tears on your cheeks now. And twenty thousand bid. No. O! Every word of it, Squire. It ain't necessary for me to dilate, describe, or enumerate; Terrebonne is known to you as one of the richest bits of sile in Louisiana, and its condition reflects credit on them as had to keep it. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. I sat outside his door all night---I heard his sighs---his agony---torn from him by my coming fate; and he said, "I'd rather see her dead than his!". Dido. *] What a good creature she is. No; if you were I'd buy you, if you cost all I'm worth. Darn ye! He has a strange way of showing it. We're ready; the jury's impanelled---go ahead---who'll be accuser? That one black drop of blood burns in her veins and lights up her heart like a foggy sun. Salem Scudder, a kind Yankee, was Judge Peyton's business partner; though he wishes he could save Terrebonne, he has no money. Ratts. You see how easily I have become reconciled to my fate---so it will be with you. Ratts. Dora. He said so---then I rose up, and stole from the house, and ran down to the bayou; but its cold, black, silent stream terrified me---drowning must be so horrible a death. Dora. His love for me will pass away---it shall. George. Look here, the boy knows and likes me, Judge; let him come my way? Scud. Scud. Well, is he not thus afflicted now? [On sofa,C.] George---where---where---, Zoe. Scud. George. I shrunk from it and fled. M'Closky. He is said to have "combined sentiment, wit and local colour with sensational and spectacular endings" (Nova). Scud. When you have done joking, gentlemen, you'll say one hundred and twenty thousand. They are gone!---[*Glancing at*George.] have I fixed ye? The auctioneer arrives, along with prospective buyers, McClosky among them. I'm not guilty; would ye murder me? George. Just turn your face a leetle this way---fix your---let's see---look here. The judge didn't understand accounts---the overseer did. The judge drew money like Bourbon whiskey from a barrel, and never turned off the tap. Hold on now, Jacob; we've got to figure on that---let us look straight at the thing. Hello, Pete, I never heard of that affair. No; like a sugar cane; so dry outside, one would never think there was so much sweetness within. You got dat bottle of rum hid under your blanket---gib it up now, you---Yar! [Wahnotee*rises and looks atM'Closky---he is in his war paint and fully armed.*]. George. that'll save her. It was like trying to make a shark sit up and beg for treats. Stop! Yes; No. Evidence! Guess it kill a dozen---nebber try. Let me be sold then, that I may free his name. [Returns to table and drinks.]. Do you know what the niggers round here call that sight? This is your own house; we are under your uncle's roof; recollect yourself. Come, Mr. Thibodeaux, a man has a chance once in his life---here's yours. Dere's a dish of pen-pans---jess taste, Mas'r George---and here's fried bananas; smell 'em, do, sa glosh. No, sar; nigger nebber cut stick on Terrebonne; dat boy's dead, sure. Your own Zoe, that loves you, aunty, so much, so much.---[Gets phial.] Mrs. P.Hospitality in Europe is a courtesy; here, it is an obligation. M'Closky. How would you like to rule the house of the richest planter on Atchafalaya---eh? What's the law? Scud. Evidence! black as nigger; clar as ice. ], M'Closky. [2] Among antebellum melodramas, it was considered second in popularity only to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).[3]. [All salute.]. Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall. If that old nigger ain't asleep, I'm blamed. Dora. Let him answer for the boy, then. air you true? Grace. Come, Judge, pick up. Scud. Git away dere! Dat's right, missus! When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The Steamer moves off---fire kept up---M'Closky*re-enters,*R.,*swimming on.*. The term sensation drama caught on when Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn, adapted from Gerald Grifn's novel The Collegians, became a hit in 1860. We'll hire out our slaves, and live on their wages. Whar's breakfass? But how pale she looks, and she trembles so. The Octoroons have no apparent trace of the Negro in their appearance but still are subject to the legal disabilities which attach them to the condition of blacks. Alex Tizon, To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light. M'Closky. Now, my culled brethren, gird up your lines, and listen---hold on yer bref---it's a comin. Because, Miss Sunnyside, I have not learned to lie. Dora. Dear George, you now see what a miserable thing I am. Scud. [George*tries to regain his gun;Wahnoteerefuses to give it up;Paul,quietly takes it from him and remonstrates with him.*]. Here, you tell it, since you know it. I only come back to find Wahnotee; whar is dat ign'ant Ingiun? The proof is here, in my heart. M'Closky. Why, Dora, what's the matter? if I had you one by one, alone in the swamp, I'd rip ye all. Thib. George. Dido. Do you know what I am? Don't you know that she is the natural daughter of the judge, your uncle, and that old lady thar just adored anything her husband cared for; and this girl, that another woman would a hated, she loves as if she'd been her own child. [Looking at watch.] Seize him, then! I won't strike him, even with words. [Indignantly.] Could you see the roots of my hair you would see the same dark, fatal mark. I'll put the naughty parts in French. I always said you were the darndest thief that ever escaped a white jail to misrepresent the North to the South. The Octoroon or The Lily of Louisiana is a dark tale of crime, race and slavery. George. Look dar! [Examines paper.]. George. since you arrived! It's a shame to allow that young cub to run over the Swamps and woods, hunting and fishing his life away instead of hoeing cane. I will dine on oysters and palomitas and wash them down with white wine. side.---A table and chairs,R.C. Gracediscovered sitting at breakfast-table with Children. Come here quite; now quite. Don't be a fool; they'd kill you, and then take her, just as soon as---stop; Old Sunnyside, he'll buy her! ExitSolon,R.U.E.] Dem little niggers is a judgment upon dis generation. Irish - Dramatist December 26, 1822 - September 18, 1890. Excuse me ladies. where am I? Omnes. there again!---no; it was only the wind over the canes. I do, but I can't do it. Good morning, Mr. Sunnyside; Miss Dora, your servant. [Wahnotee*raises apron and runs off,*L.U.E.Paul*sits for his picture---M'Closkyappears from*R.U.E.]. [*Takes Indian's tomahawk and steals to*Paul. ha---git out! Then, if I sink every dollar I'm worth in her purchase, I'll own that Octoroon. Consarn those Liverpool English fellers, why couldn't they send something by the last mail? Didn't I? Pete. Scene 2 is set in the Bayou, where M'Closky is asleep. [Retires.]. Go it, if you're a mind to. Zoe. No---in kind---that is, in protection, forbearance, gentleness; in all them goods that show the critters the difference between the Christian and the savage. Well, sir, what does this Scudder do but introduces his inventions and improvements on this estate. George. What in thunder should I do with you and those devils on board my boat? Act II Summary. [Laughs.]. Go on, Colonel. Hold on yere, George Peyton; you sit down there. Lafouche. Zoe. Pete. No; but I loved you so, I could not bear my fate; and then I stood your heart and hers. That's just what you must do, and do it at once, or it will be too late. We are catching fire forward; quick, set free from the shore. Good morning, Mrs. Peyton. The child---'tis he! M'Closky. I must keep you, Captain, to the eleven hundred. [During the reading of letter he remains nearly motionless under the focus of the camera.] Thank'ye. Jackson. That's Solon's wife and children, Judge. What, Zoe! [Putting it on the table,R. C.]. Scud. I'm waiting on your fifty thousand bid. [Weeping.] I must see you no more. Dora! Scud. Tousand dollars, Massa Thibodeaux. EnterLafoucheand*Jackson,L. Jackson. *EnterThibodeauxand*Sunnyside,R.U.E. Thibo. That's enough. Darn it, when I see a woman in trouble, I feel like selling the skin off my back. Poor fellow, he has lost all. Not lawful---no---but I am going to where there is no law---where there is only justice. Cum yer now---stand round, cause I've got to talk to you darkies---keep dem chil'n quiet---don't make no noise, de missus up dar har us. ain't that a pooty gun. Hush! No, you goose! A photographic plate. Here you are, in the very attitude of your crime! EnterZoe,L.U.E.,very pale, and stands on table.---M'Closkyhitherto has taken no interest in the sale, now turns his chair. Scud. [Shakes hands withGeorge.] Zoe!---she faints! Here! That's a challenge to begin a description of my feminine adventures. Look at 'em, Jacob, for they are honest water from the well of truth. a slave! Now, ma'am, I'd like a little business, if agreeable. Whoever said so lied. tink anybody wants you to cry? Glendon Swarthout, Never believe in any faith younger than you are." Peyton.] Nebber mind, sar, we bring good news---it won't spile for de keeping. Unlock this Study Guide! The list of your slaves is incomplete---it wants one. It's surely worth the love that dictated it; here are the papers and accounts. 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