We couldn't keep a gwine as we wus. Our haids ud whirl
right off our shol'ers. Hit's all so peaceful now, why doan you go
ter yo' room en tek a nap. Mebbe you git berry lil sleep ter-night."
"I reckon your advice is good, mammy. If you have trouble, come to
me."
As she walked through the garden and shrubbery to the mansion she
felt that she was reacting from the strong excitements of the
morning into languor and excessive weariness. The idle negroes had
partially succumbed to the heat and quiet, and were generally dozing
in the sun, even on this eventful day. Perkins, the exacting
overseer, had disappeared on the first alarm of Scoville's charge
and had not been seen since. When entering the house Zany, who
always seemed on the qui vive, told her that her aunts were in their
rooms and that Mr. Baron was in his office. Going out on the
veranda, the girl saw two or three vigilant Union videttes under a
tree. It was evident that they had chosen a point which commanded a
good view of the house, outbuildings and quarters.
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