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asleep, my clothes fallen off on one side, and my shirt
above my waist. I awaked at the noise he made, and .
observed him to deliver his message in some disorder;
after which he went to my master, and in a great fright
gave him a very confused account of what he had seen.
This I presently discovered; for going, as soon as I was
dressed, to pay my attendance upon his honour, he asked
me the meaning of what his servant had reported, that
I was not the same thing when I slept as I appeared to
be at other times; that his valet assured him, some part

 

of me was white, some yellow, at least not so white,
and some brown.

I had hitherto concealed the secret of my dress, in
order to distinguish myself as much as I could from the
cursed race of yahoos; but now I found it in vain to do
so any longer. Besides, I considered that my clothes
and shoes would soon wear out, which already were in
a declining condition, and must be supplied by some
contrivance from the hides of yahoos or other brutes,
whereby the whole secret would be known; I therefore
told my master, that in the country from whence I came,