The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4
THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER PART 1 OF 4 BY The American Anti-Slavery Society 1836 No. 1. To the People of the United States; or, To Such Americans As Value Their Rights, and Dare to Maintain Them. No. 2. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. No. 2. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. Revised and Corrected. No. 3. Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie, of the State of Mississippi.
RICHARDSON, fixed by Amy's eye, 'No, ma'am--I meant no harm, ma'am.'
AMY. 'I am not blaming _you_. Can you remember how often she has
dined here?'
RICHARDSON. 'Well can I remember. Three times last week.'
AMY. 'Three times in one week, monstrous.'
RICHARDSON, with her gown to her eyes, 'Yes, ma'am; I see it now.'
AMY, considering and pouncing, 'Do you think she is an adventuress?'
RICHARDSON. 'What's that?'
AMY. 'Does she smoke cigarettes?'
RICHARDSON, rather spiritedly, 'No, she don't.'
AMY, taken aback, 'Not an adventuress.'
She wishes Ginevra were here to help her. She draws upon her stock of
knowledge. 'Can she be secretly married to him? A wife of the past
turned up to blackmail him? That's very common.'
THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER PART 1 OF 4 BY The American Anti-Slavery Society 1836 No. 1. To the People of the United States; or, To Such Americans As Value Their Rights, and Dare to Maintain Them. No. 2. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. No. 2. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. Revised and Corrected. No. 3. Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie, of the State of Mississippi.