You have done a good,
unselfish act in staying with me, and having begun so well, you will
keep on in the same way. After all of the rest get free you will,
too. What's more, when I come into my property I'll make free all
who stand by me now."
So Zany brought her up a nice little breakfast and was comforted.
When at last the young girl with weak, uncertain steps came down to
her easy-chair on the piazza, she found her uncle gloomily smoking,
and her aunt solacing her perturbed mind with her chief resource--
housekeeping affairs. Little was said beyond a formal greeting.
As Miss Lou sat gazing vacantly and sadly down the avenue, a huge
figure appeared, making slow, painful progress toward the house. At
last Aun' Suke was recognized, and the truth flashed across the
girl's mind that the fat old cook had found she could not get away.
Finally the woman sat down under a tree not far from the house, not
only overcome by heat and fatigue, but also under the impression
that she must open negotiations before she could expect to be
received.
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