There in a house , which kind voices told her was her home , she saw Harry playing happily . She heard her husband 's footstep . She felt him coming nearer . His arms were around her , his tears falling upon her face , and she awoke . It was no dream . The sun had set , the candles were lit . Harry was sleeping by her side , and George , her husband , was holding her in his arms . CHAPTER IX UNCLE TOM 'S NEW HOME Uncle Tom soon settled down in his new home . He was as happy as he could be , so far away from his wife and dear little children . He had a kind master . Mrs. St. Clare , however , was not nearly so nice as her husband . She was cruel , and would often have beaten her poor slaves , but Mr. St. Clare would not allow it . She always pretended that she was very ill , and spent most of her time lying on a sofa , or driving about in her comfortable carriage . Mrs. St. Clare said she really was too ill to look after the house , so everything was left to the slaves . Soon things began to be very uncomfortable , and even good-natured Mr. St. Clare could stand it no longer . He went to his cousin , Miss Ophelia St. Clare , and begged her to come and keep house for him , and to look after Eva . It was on the journey back with her that the accident to Eva happened , which ended in his buying Tom . Miss Ophelia was a very prim and precise person , not at all like the St. Clares . In her home people did not have slaves . Though her cousin had a great many , and was kind to them , she could not help seeing that it was a very wicked thing to buy and sell men and women as if they were cattle .
She was very , very sorry for the poor XXXXX , and would have liked to free them all .
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