His Other Wife: A Novel — page 76: what you’re looking at

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68 THE INDIAN’?S PATIENT. And finally poor Rachel was left to her long sleep in the strange soil among strangers. 3 * x * ee tts * ok A little after midnight of that same day, the Indian doctor opened the door of his shop to admit the old mulattress. ‘‘Well; Amy, what of your master?” ‘Tis’ as you say, boss, he neber come a-nigh dat room. He done move from de house ’ready.”’ “Where has he gone?” ‘¢Put up at one of de hotels, sah. He tell Miss Rowe dat she mus’ ’scuse him, but his heart could not stan’ de ’stress ob heepin: anoder night in de house whar she died.” ‘‘Are you sure he has gone no farther than the hotel ?” ‘*Oh, he ain’t lef’ de town yet, but I not sure he will be in it-much longer,” : ‘Are his books and effects still in his rooms at the -boarding-house?”’ ‘‘Yes, sah, He ain’t move nothin’ yet.” _. ‘Could you manage to get me into these rooms with- out disturbing the family now?” 3 ‘Tink I could, boss, De door ob de settin’-room opens down on de garden by one little flight 0’ steps, an’ I’s got de key to dat door in my bosom dis minit.” ‘*Good! We'll go at once.” The Indian stepped back into the small room that adjoined his shop, and Amy heard him bolt the auiters 3 Eomicbooksico *