` Oh , I have no fear about that . Most masters are good , in spite of all the talk people make about it , ' replied Mrs. St. Clare . ` Well ' , said Miss Ophelia at last , ' I know it was one of the last wishes of your husband that Tom should have his freedom . He promised dear little Eva that he should have it . I think you ought to do it . ' Then Mrs. St. Clare began to cry , and say every one was unkind to her , and Miss Ophelia saw it was no use saying anything more . There was only one other thing she could do . She wrote to Mrs. Shelby , telling her that poor Uncle Tom was going to be sold again . She asked her to send money to buy him back , as soon as possible . The next day , Uncle Tom and the other slaves belonging to Mr. St. Clare were sent to market to be sold . As Uncle Tom stood in the market-place , waiting for some one to buy him , he looked anxiously round . In the crowd of faces , he was trying to find one kind , handsome one , like Mr. St. Clare 's . But there was none . Presently a short , broad man , with a coarse , ugly face and dirty hands , came up to Tom . He looked him all over , pulled his mouth open and looked at his teeth , pinched his arms , made him walk and jump , and indeed treated him as he would a horse or cow he had wished to buy . Tom knew from the way this man looked and spoke , that he must be bad and cruel . He prayed in his heart that this might not be his new master . But it was . His name was Legree . He bought Uncle Tom , several other men slaves , and two women .
One of the women was a pretty young girl , who had never been away from her mother before , and who was very much afraid of her new XXXXX .
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