Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana

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