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I have no doubt it was quite as honest as Lethbridge 's turkey anyhow . Come , tell us how it was . '' Thus invoked , Sam 's face assumed the pompons air with which he always related a story , and he began , -- `` Well , sar , de affair happened in dis way . When de massas arribe , two o'clock , and went in for long talk wid de colonel , dis chile said to himself , ` Now what am I going to get them for dinner ? ' De rations sarve out dis morning war all skin and bone , and war pretty nigh finished at lunch . Sam say to himself , ` Captain Manley 's sure to say , ` You dine wid me ; ' but as Captain Manley had n't got no food himself , de invitation was berry kind , berry kind indeed ; but massa was n't likely to get fat on dat invitation . '' Sam 's narrative was interrupted by a perfect shout of laughter upon the part of all at table , Captain Manley joining heartily in the laugh against himself .