"Marse Hesden, Marse Hesden!" There was a timorous rap upon the window of Hesden Le Moyne's sleeping-room in the middle of the night, and, waking, he heard his name called in a low, cautious voice.
"Who is there?" he asked.
"Sh-sh! Don't talk so loud, Marse Hesden. Please come out h'yer a minnit, won't yer?"
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