Augustine's Irony: A Short Story

Still frozen with fear Augustine did not know what to do or even where to turn, she looked down at her hands as they would begin to shake. As she lay sat on the floor with both knees, she began to hear footsteps walk across the floor, and with each step it became louder, and louder. After a few moments the sound of the footsteps have stopped and Augustine would then pray to God to yoursel, God I know I haven't been the womenI am supposed to be, but I beg you to please have mercy on me, please I also ask you for forgive me for all the wrong that I have done, and to please, Augustine couldn't get another word out as the man would then interupt her. Stop with all that, God ain't here to help you, said the man now revealing himself to her. Don't you realize that you have indeed …show more content…
The man would then walk over to her look down at her, and kick her in the stomach, and then let out another chuckle. He would then look to the other man, and say, this runaway thought she was smart, she told me that she was a free women, and not only that, she lives on a plantation not to far from here, said the man as the other men found what he had said was very funny. Another one of the slave hunters would then say, that shows you how stupid negroes are, then another man from the band of hunters would say, and that is the reason that they are slaves, and thats why we hunt them, all the hunters would then laugh aloud, while Augustine lay on the ground twisting, and turn in emise pain. One of the man would walk over to Augustine, and pick her up off of the ground, she would observe, as well as examine her, this one is beautiful, we will get alot of coins for her. Augustine tried her best to hold back from saying anything else, but she knew she had to stand her