human
Should Gar'ner come home successful, Mary, inquired the deacon,
gpt
Unchanged, I shall never be his wife,
human
as the legal men express it. Of all this was the deacon fully aware and it occasionally troubled him: more of late than formerly, since he felt in his system the unerring signs of decay. Once had he got so far as to write on a page of foolscap,
gpt
In the name of God, Amen; but the effort proved too great for him, and he abandoned the undertaking. Still Deacon Pratt loved his niece, and was well inclined to see her become the wife of
human
Unchanged! repeated the uncle, slowly;
gpt
I do not mean changed, in the sense you are thinking of, uncle. But we will not talk of this now. Why should Roswell stop in the West Indies at all? It is not usual for our vessels to stop there.
human
No, it is not. If Gar'ner stop at all, it will be on a very _unusual_ business, and one that may make all our fortunes--your'n, as well as his'n and mine, Mary.
gpt
I hope that sealers never meddle with the transportation of slaves, uncle! the girl exclaimed, with a face filled with apprehension.
human
I would rather live and die poor, than have anything to do with them!
gpt
I see no such great harm in the trade, gal; but such is not Roswell's ar'nd in the West Ingees. It's a great secret, the reason of his call there; and I will venture to foretell that, should he make it, and should it turn out successful, you will marry him, gal.