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300 Behind the Scenes.
table-cloth. We entered into conversation, when
I asked him how long since he had left Chicago.
He replied, ' Two weeks since.' He said, ' How
strange you should be on the train and I not
know it!'
" As soon as I could escape from the table, I did
so by saying, ' I must secure a cup of tea for a
lady friend with me who has a head-ache.' I
had scarcely returned to the car, when he entered
it with a cup of tea borne by his own aristocratic
hands. I was a good deal annoyed by seeing
him, and he was so agitated that he spilled half
of the cup over my elegantly gloved hands. Be
looked very sad, and I fancied 609 Broadway
occupied his, thoughts. I apologized for the absent lady who wished the cup, by saying that
1 in my absence she had slipped out for it.' His
heart was in his eyes, notwithstanding my veiled
face. Pity for me, I fear, has something to do
with all this. I never saw his manner so gentle
and sad. This was nearly evening, and I did not
| Title | Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House |
| Creator | Keckley, Elizabeth |
| Publisher | G.W. Carleton & Co. |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1868 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000305 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 300 Behind the Scenes. table-cloth. We entered into conversation, when I asked him how long since he had left Chicago. He replied, ' Two weeks since.' He said, ' How strange you should be on the train and I not know it!' " As soon as I could escape from the table, I did so by saying, ' I must secure a cup of tea for a lady friend with me who has a head-ache.' I had scarcely returned to the car, when he entered it with a cup of tea borne by his own aristocratic hands. I was a good deal annoyed by seeing him, and he was so agitated that he spilled half of the cup over my elegantly gloved hands. Be looked very sad, and I fancied 609 Broadway occupied his, thoughts. I apologized for the absent lady who wished the cup, by saying that 1 in my absence she had slipped out for it.' His heart was in his eyes, notwithstanding my veiled face. Pity for me, I fear, has something to do with all this. I never saw his manner so gentle and sad. This was nearly evening, and I did not |
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