Briefly Scipio gave them; at least so far as I allowed him to proceed
without interruption. A sheriff's officer was in charge of the house
and all its contents; Larkin still ruled the negro quarter, but the
slaves were all to be sold; Gayarre was back and forward; and "_Missa
'Genie am gone away_."
"Gone away! and whither?"
"Don't know, mass'r. B'lieve she gone to de city. She leab last night
in de night-time."
"And--"