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Chapter 8
Riach,whohadbeentothecollege,spoketomelikeafriendwhenhewasnotsulking,andtoldmemanycuriousthings,andsomethatwereinforming;andeventhecaptain,thoughhekeptmeatthestick’sendthemostpartofthetime,wouldsometimesunbuckleabit,andtellmeofthefinecountrieshehadvisited.
TheshadowofpoorRansome,tobesure,layonallfourofus,andonmeandMr.Shuaninparticular,mostheavily.AndthenIhadanothertroubleofmyown.HereIwas,doingdirtyworkforthreementhatIlookeddownupon,andoneofwhom,atleast,shouldhavehunguponagallows;thatwasforthepresent;andasforthefuture,Icouldonlyseemyselfslavingalongsideofnegroesinthetobaccofields.Mr.Riach,perhapsfromcaution,wouldneversuffermetosayanotherwordaboutmystory;thecaptain,whomItriedtoapproach,rebuffedmelikeadogandwouldnothearaword;andasthedayscameandwent,myheartsanklowerandlower,tillIwasevengladoftheworkwhichkeptmefromthinking.
