"
"Miss Baron! What can you mean?"
"I mean that these poor creatures are looking to me, trusting in me,
and I have promised to intercede in their behalf. Tell them at least
this, you or uncle, that if they obey and work quietly and
faithfully they shall not be treated harshly, nor subjected to the
brutal spite of that overseer, Perkins."
"Truly, Miss Baron, you can scarcely expect me to interfere with
your uncle's management of his property. The only thing I can and
will do is to insist on absolute quiet and order on the place. In
this case every one must obey the surgeon-in-charge. Do you
understand that?" he concluded, turning to the negroes. "Neither you
nor any one else can do anything to injure my patients. As you value
your lives, keep quiet. I will not permit even a harsh, disturbing
sound. Do not dare to presume on Miss Baron's kindness, mistaken in
this crisis. This unruly, reckless spirit must be stamped out now.
Your owner and master will tell you what he expects, and I will have
the first man who disobeys SHOT.
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