human
Bravo! well done for you, Pete.
gpt
Where did you learn it?
human
At de camp, Miss,
gpt
Why, were you in the army, or were you a slave?
human
At de Camp-Meetin', you know. No, ladies, I never was a slave only to old Satan. Dat was enough of slavery for dis here darkey.
gpt
Say, now, tell us how he treated you, that's a good fellow, said Guy, handing him some loose change out of his pocket.
human
This is for singing, now go on.
gpt
It ain't very pleasin' to tell of, and ef it's jest de same, I won't scare de ladies with talkin' about it.
human
But we wish it,
gpt
WELL, it's rather flusticatin' to tell grand folks like you about a darkey what's of no account, but I thinks of it considerable when there ain't much else to do. You see I had a father and a mother, and my father wasn't of much account for he drinked like a fish. Then he walloped us all round, and come pretty near killin' the whole of us like he did mother.
human
Killed your mother, the wretch! what did you let him do it for?