"Just whatever you think best to tell me, Uncle Tom."

Her Uncle Tom was always more or less what the other person would have him.

She knew her Uncle Tom perceived what was going on.

Uncle Tom or his housekeeper would have told them and news spread fast in such a small place.

Uncle Tom paused in his quest for whatever it was he wanted.

Uncle Tom's man is always telling things to go there.

Uncle Tom told her she had a lovely suit of bones.

Uncle Tom says that most people on Earth have much the same deal, except it's done by the year and they call it income tax.

Uncle Tom will be more tractable, after we get there.

It is also different because she has a man (Uncle Tom) as the main character.