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It was impossible not to see with what feeling Maud the Quadroon dwelt upon the good qualities of him she referred to, declaring that he was a father to all the people he took away in his ship, and how kind he was to them; that he always knocked off their shackles at once and made friends of them by real kindness. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO SEE WITH WHAT FEELING MAUD THE QUADROON DWELT UPON THE GOOD QUALITIES OF HIM SHE REFERRED TO DECLARING THAT HE WAS A FATHER TO ALL THE PEOPLE HE TOOK AWAY IN HIS SHIP AND HOW KIND HE WAS TO THEM THAT HE ALWAYS KNOCKED OFF THEIR SHACKLES AT ONCE AND MADE FRIENDS OF THEM BY REAL KINDNESS
ed talk to learn, that as there was not a sufficient number of negroes at the present moment on hand, that the "Sea Witch," with her light draft of water, must be run up a neighboring river and be there moored away from the prying eyes of the cruisers on the coast, until the proper hour should arrive for shipping her freight. Therefore when Captain Ratlin left them, it was with a promise to return and join them again within a few hours. He resolved to moor his vessel under the shelter of the present favoring darkness, to which end he at once repaired on board. The two English ladies, both mother and daughter, found much to interest them in Maud Leonardo. She seemed to be a strange girl, a rough diamond, with all the tact and ready invention of her mulatto mother, and all the fire of her Spanish father. They soon learned that this was not Captain Ratlin's first visit to the coast, and that her father, as well as herself, considered him the finest seaman and gentleman in the coast trade. OPEN AND UNDISGUISED TALK TO LEARN THAT AS THERE WAS NOT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF NEGROES AT THE PRESENT MOMENT ON HAND THAT THE SEA WITCH WITH HER LIGHT DRAUGHT OF WATER MUST BE RUN UP A NEIGHBOURING RIVER AND BE THERE MOORED AWAY FROM THE PRYING EYES OF THE CRUISERS ON THE COAST UNTIL THE PROPER HOUR SHOULD ARRIVE FOR SHIPPING HER FREIGHT THEREFORE WHEN CAPTAIN RATLIN LEFT THEM IT WAS WITH A PROMISE TO RETURN AND JOIN THEM AGAIN WITHIN A FEW HOURS HE RESOLVED TO MOOR HIS VESSEL UNDER THE SHELTER OF THE PRESENT FAVOURING DARKNESS TO WHICH END HE AT ONCE REPAIRED ON BOARD THE TWO ENGLISH LADIES BOTH MOTHER AND DAUGHTER FOUND MUCH TO INTEREST THEM IN MAUDE LEONARDO SHE SEEMED TO BE A STRANGE GIRL A ROUGH DIAMOND WITH ALL THE TACT AND READY INVENTION OF HER MULATTO MOTHER AND ALL THE FIRE OF HER SPANISH FATHER THEY SOON LEARNED THAT THIS WAS NOT CAPTAIN RATLIN'S FIRST VISIT TO THE COAST AND THAT HER FATHER AS WELL AS HERSELF CONSIDERED HIM THE FINEST SEAMAN AND GENTLEMAN IN THE COAST TRADE
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