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 slaves , and would have liked to free them all . Yet she did not love them . She could not bear even to have them near her , nor to touch them , just because they were black . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- It made her quite ill to see Eva kissing and hugging the black slave women when she came home . ` Well , I could n't do that , ' she said . ` Why not ? '
said Mr. St. XXXXX , who was looking on .
CHAPTER Clare Clares Eva George Harry Ophelia Tom left things