If he just keeled over dead--blimey, I don't even know what would happen to me. He's got the parchment that says I belong to him, but I don't know what that really means, exactly. I've never seen it. I guess that makes me his property. But does that mean, I dunno, that someone can, what's the word, inherit me? Guess that would be his sister. I'm pretty sure she's his heir. Or would they just send me back to the camps?
What you said, about telling the Headmistress that Master's threatening her property--near as I can tell, even though she's in charge of me now, that's not true. Wouldn't do any good to say anything to her, I guess, would it? Even if she's got custody of me now, it doesn't change my legal status any under the law. He's right, I am his property.
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What you said, about telling the Headmistress that Master's threatening her property--near as I can tell, even though she's in charge of me now, that's not true. Wouldn't do any good to say anything to her, I guess, would it? Even if she's got custody of me now, it doesn't change my legal status any under the law. He's right, I am his property.