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¦loo loo. 323
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you Truest away most from affectionate these wicked of friends laws . how I oug cruell ht to I nave have married treated you you ! . y
you She , who , rose put up the from welfare his bosom of your , and life , , so looking _confiding him ly into loving my ly hands in the . "
face " , Never replied , — thatdear Alfred ! Never have such a thought again ! say ,
You have been the best and kindest _friend that woman ever had . it If ? I forgot ButAlfred that I I was will a never slave , is be it the strange slave that of any you other should man forget , —
never ! , I will , never be put on the auction-stand . I will die other first _^ I " . have Nay " The , friends dearest form , who you of sale must promise is unavoidable make to no save rash . you So resolutions , and for restore my , sake " he us , rep consent to each lied .
to the . temporary humiliation . Will you , darling , ?" He had never before seen such an expression in her face . Her breath like
in eyes the flashed agonies , her of nostrils death . dilated Then , pressing and she his drew hand her with a nervous one
grasp " For , she answered sakedear , — AlfredI will . "
From your that time , she maintained , outward calmness while in his _. kept presence ness more him ; lingering cling and her ing , inward than and lingering ever uneasiness . Whenever on was the threshold indicated she parted . onl from She y by him followed a fond , she
him to the road , she , kissed lier , hand to him till he was out of sight , and then her tears flowed unrestrained . Her from mind the home was
filled with the idea that she should be carried away , of her childhood , as she had been by the rough Mr . Jackson ; that she should become the slave of that bad manand nevernever see
revolve Alfred d again in her . " mind But I various can die , means " she of often suicide said , ? to in herself case , the ; and worst she
should Madame happen Labasse . did not desert her in her misfortunes . She held
tinuall frequent broug consultations ht messages with to Mr keep . Hel up per her and spirits his . friends A do _^ , en and times con a -
y day " Tout she repeated sera Men ,- — arrange . _ISoyez tranquille , ma chere ! Soyez
tranquiUe At last ! " the dreaded day arrived . Mr . Helper had persuaded
Alfred to appear to yield to necessity , and keep completely out of throug afraid sight . h to He with trust consented the his own scene , because nerves if he and Loo were temper Loo present had . , sai They and d she moreover conveyed could he not her wa go to _#
the auction-room , where she stood trembling among a group of slaves of all ages and all colors , from iron-black to the lightest of
brown . She wore her simplest dress , without ornament any _fcind . When they placed her on the stand , she held her veil down ,
with y ox a _,. close ii . , nervous grasp . _x 2
¦Loo Loo. 323
¦ loo _loo . 323
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 323, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/35/
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