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Some of Dick Sand’s Notes

           Theyhadlearnedfromhim,totheirprofoundastonishment,thattheywereinAfrica;thatNegoro’sandHarris’sdoubletreacheryhadfirstthrownthemthere,andthenledthemaway,andthatnopitywastobeexpectedfromtheirmasters.

           Nanwasnotbettertreated.Shemadepartofagroupofwomenwhooccupiedthemiddleoftheconvoy.Theyhadchainedherwithayoungmotheroftwochildren,oneatthebreast,theotheragedthreeyears,whowalkedwithdifficulty.Nan,movedwithpity,hadburdenedherselfwiththelittlecreature,andthepoorslavehadthankedherbyatear.Nanthencarriedtheinfant,atthesametime,sparingherthefatigue,towhichshewouldhaveyielded,andtheblowstheoverseerwouldhavegivenher.ButitwasaheavyburdenforoldNan.Shefeltthatherstrengthwouldsoonfailher,andthenshethoughtoflittleJack.Shepicturedhimtoherselfinhismother’sarms.Sicknesshadwastedhimverymuch,buthemustbestillheavyforMrs.Weldon’sweakenedarms.Wherewasshe?Whatwouldbecomeofher?Wouldheroldservanteverseeheragain?

           DickSandhadbeenplacedalmostintherearoftheconvoy.HecouldneitherperceiveTom,norhiscompanions,norNan.Theheadofthelongcaravanwasonlyvisibletohimwhenitwascrossingsomeplain.Hewalked,aprey,tothesaddestthoughts,fromwhichtheagents’crieshardlydrewhisattention.Heneitherthoughtofhimself,northefatigueshemuststillsupport,norofthetorturesprobablyreservedforhimbyNegoro.HeonlythoughtofMrs.Weldon.

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