The wind and the rain came through the chinks between the planks . There were no windows . The floors were nothing but the bare earth . There was no furniture of any kind in them , only heaps of dirty straw to sleep upon . Uncle Tom felt more unhappy than ever . He had hoped at least to have a little room which he could keep clean and tidy . But this hole he did not even have to himself . He had to share it with five or six others . Now began the saddest time of Uncle Tom 's life . Every morning very early the slaves were driven out into the fields like cattle . All day long they worked hard . The burning sun blazed down upon them , making them hot and tired . Legree and his two chief slaves , called Quimbo and Sambo , marched about all the time with whips in their hands . At night they drove the slaves back again to their miserable huts . But before they could rest , they had to grind and cook the corn for their supper . When at last they did go to sleep , they had to lie on the heaps of dirty straw instead of in comfortable beds . CHAPTER XVIII GEORGE AND ELIZA FIND FREEDOM Tom Loker lay tossing and tumbling in his clean , comfortable bed at the Quaker farmhouse . A pretty , old Quaker lady , with white hair and a kind face , was nursing him . Tom Loker did not like being ill and having to lie in bed . He threw the clothes about , grumbling and using naughty words all the tune . '
I must ask thee , Thomas XXXXX , not to use such language , ' said the nice lady , as she smoothed his sheets , and made his bed comfortable again for him .
Legree Loker Quaker Quimbo Sambo Tom XVIII chinks morning night