john9221
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yixian:
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THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS
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white people darker than I am.
Ahwellthat is another matter; but
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The judge stopped for a momentstruck by the absurdity of his arguing
such a question with a mulatto boy. He really must be falling into
premature dotage. The proper thing would be to rebuke the lad for his
presumption and advise him to learn to take care of horsesor make boots
or lay bricks. But again he saw his old friend in the lad's faceand again
he looked in vain for any sign of negro blood. The least earmark would
have turned the scalebut he could not find it.
That is another matter he repeated. Here you have started as
blackand must remain so. But if you wish to move awayand sink your
past into oblivionthe case might be different. Let us see what the law is;
you might not need it if you went far enoughbut it is well enough to be
within it--liberty is sweeter when founded securely on the law.
He took down a volume bound in legal calf and glanced through it.
The color line is drawn in North Carolina at four generations removed
from the negro; there have been judicial decisions to that effect. I
imagine that would cover your case. But let us see what South Carolina
may
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