Jeffrey And Dorcas Short Story
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Jeffrey then went to his master and asked the master if he could buy Dorcas ,but the master couldn 't buy Dorcas because she was going to be sold with 4 other people and he didn 't want to buy all he just wanted to buy her , so then Jeffrey stated " I love Dorcas , young master , I love her , she say she loves me , and I know she does. De good lord knows I love her better than I loves anyone in the wide world never can love another woman."
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