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I shall have help, said Tom; youll never do it. Who the devils going to help you? said Legree, scornfully. The Lord Almighty, said Tom. Dn you! said Legree, as with one blow of his fist he felled Tom to the earth. A cold soft hand fell on Legrees at this moment. He turned,it was Cassys; but the cold soft touch recalled his dream of the night before, and, flashing through the chambers of his brain, came all the fearful images of the night-watches, with a portion of the horror that accompanied them. Will you be a fool? said Cassy, in French. Let him go! Let me alone to get him fit to be in the field again. Isnt it just as I told you? They say the alligator, the rhinoceros, though enclosed in bullet-proof mail, have each a spot where they are vulnerable; and fierce, reckless, unbelieving reprobates, have commonly this point in superstitious dread. Legree turned away, determined to let the point go for the time. Well, have it your own way, he said, doggedly, to Cassy. Hark, ye! he said to Tom; I wont deal with ye now, because the business is pressing, and I want all my hands; but I never forget. Ill score it against ye, and sometime Ill have my pay out o yer old black hide,mind ye! Legree turned, and went out. There you go, said Cassy, looking darkly after him; your reckonings to come, yet!My poor fellow, how are you? The Lord God hath sent his angel, and shut the lions mouth, for this time, said Tom. For this time, to be sure, said Cassy; but now youve got his ill will upon you, to follow you day in, day out, hanging like a dog on your throat,sucking your blood, bleeding away your life, drop by drop. I know the man. |
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