Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
CHAPTER XX.
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Bass faithful to his word--His Arrival on Christmas Eve--The
Difficulty of Obtaining an Interview--The Meeting in the
Cabin--Non-arrival of the Letter--Bass announces his Intention
to proceed North--Christmas--Conversation between Epps and
Bass--Young Mistress McCoy, the Beauty of Bayou Boeuf--The "Ne
plus ultra" of Dinners--Music and Dancing--Presence of the
Mistress--Her Exceeding Beauty--The Last Slave Dance--William
Pierce--Oversleep myself--The Last Whipping--Despondency--Cold
Morning--Epps' Threats--The Passing Carriage--Strangers
approaching through the Cotton-Field--Last Hour on Bayou Boeuf, 279
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