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"Captain Ratlin is very friendly to you, I suppose, Maud?" said Mrs. Huntington. "He is friendly to father, and that is the same thing," she replied, simply. "Has he not brought you presents across the ocean?" continued the mother. CAPTAIN RATLIN IS VERY FRIENDLY TO YOU I SUPPOSE MAUD SAID MISSUS HUNTINGTON HE IS FRIENDLY TO FATHER AND THAT IS THE SAME THING SHE REPLIED SIMPLY HAS HE NOT BROUGHT YOUR PRESENCE ACROSS THE OCEAN CONTINUED THE MOTHER
wo 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. 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. Mrs. Huntington, to say nothing of her daughter, saw something more than mere honest admiration in the enthusiastic girl's remarks about the young commander, and the mother shrewdly determined to question her upon the theme, and to weigh well her answers. ED 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 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 MISSUS HUNTINGTON TO SAY NOTHING OF HER DAUGHTER SAW SOMETHING MORE THAN MERE HONEST ADMIRATION IN THE ENTHUSIASTIC GIRL'S REMARKS ABOUT THE YOUNG COMMANDER AND THE MOTHER SHREWDLY DETERMINED TO QUESTION HER UPON THE THEME AND TO WEIGH WELL HER ANSWERS
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