THE LAST EVENING
I've had my tea, and this—this gentleman will carry me down to bed—that is—I mean—will you, Siddereticus? If you don't mind awfully?" he added, looking inquiringly at the Djinn.
"Certainly I'll carry you, anywhere you ask—to the ends of the earth, if need be," said he, and, turning to Mammy, cried:
"Hence! Be off! Do not let me have to command thee thrice! Depart! Go in peace, O Daughter of Senegambia!"
"Lawsy!" muttered Mammy, as she retreated, looking fearfully over her shoulder. "Whut he mean by daughter ob Sunny Gammy, I dunno. Pappy's name was G'o'ge Washin'ton Johnson."
A few stars were beginning to appear in the sky, which had grown dark very suddenly after the sunset, and a luminous glow far down in the east showed where the moon was rising.
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