Chapter 15: Black Mammy's Story

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​⁠In the dead waste and middle of the night, the sleeping household of Ellsworth was startled from repose by long, loud, wailing cries that rang through the wide corridors and vaulted roofs like the shrieks of some lost, despairing soul.

Instantly every sleeper was wide awake. Hurrying on scraps of outer clothing, they rushed from their rooms in wild alarm to the scene of disturbance.

On the floor at