"no, no – i an't going. let eliza go – it's her right! i wouldn't be the one to say no – 'tan't in natur for her to stay; but you hear what she said! if i must be sold, or all the people on the place, and everything go to rack, why, let me be sold. i s'pose i can b'ar it as well as any on 'em," he added, while something like a sob and a sigh shook his broad, rough chest convulsively. "mas'r always found me on the spot – he always will. i never have broke trust, nor used my pass no ways contrary to my word, and i never will. a: a foolish old man b: a man of principles c: a man of principles d: a schemer with a plan