Who was the second person to bid?
Colfax
What did he offer?
Three hundred and fifty
Did that make Jenkins get more serious?
Yes
What was his new bid?
Three seventy-five
What was his first?
Three hundred
Did he act goofy with his first?
Yes
What did the auctioneer suggest for the first bid?
Eight hundred
Was there a fourth?
Yes
from who?
a young man with a determined face
Who was getting ready to bid when this new man did?
Clarence Colfax
What is being sold?
a girl
What is her name?
Hester
Is she scared?
No
How does she feel?
defiant
What does the auctioneer see that as?
the white blood.
How does she show it to him?
from her black eyes
What kind of look does she give him?
a magnificent look of defiance
Where was she looking before that?
down
where were her hands?
folded in front of her
Does the auctioneer like the first bid?
No