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This was the old darkey's story of the conditions that brought about the

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It was a lucky hit of the old darkey's, at any rate.

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Somehow or other Cuffee the cook got jealous of this feature in his brother darkey's character.

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We know, from the darkey's testimony, that Hobson and his companion appeared in the doorway together; that the man suddenly vanished -- probably concealing himself in the shrubbery -- as Hobson went back into the house; that a few moments later, the latter reappeared with Mrs. LaGrange; and the darkey tells me that he, supposing all was right, slunk away in the bushes and left them standing there.

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However, paying no attention to his brother darkey's reasoning as to the impossibility of such a nocturnal visitor appearing under the searching rays of the sun, Jake stoutly maintained his own opinion.

The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg

Then, filling the old darkey's footless wine-glass, which he held with a remarkably steady hand considering his age, he tossed off the contents without drawing breath, the fiery liquor disappearing down his throat with a sort of gurgling "gluck, gluck," as if it had been decanted into the capacious orifice, Pompey not even winking once during the operation.

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This, like the darkey's receipt for rabbit soup, comes first.

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"You hesitated to go when I told you, and now you shall stop here whether you like it or not!" emphasising his words by laying his hand on the darkey's shoulder, in such an impressive manner that he could not but submit to the command.

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"Bress de Lor '!" he cried out, with all a darkey's emphatic enthusiasm, breaking into a huge guffaw that was almost hysterical -- "bress de Lor '! it's de massa; it's Mass' Vereker from de plantation, for surh!"

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Mick at the same time, with all the force of his good right arm, struck downwards at the darkey's exposed ear, which was about the size of a small plate, catching him thus between his knee and fist like a piece of iron a blacksmith might be at work on at the forge beaten flat between hammer and anvil.

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