But why will you go out again ?' 'Because I cannot rest indoors.

Something is happening, and I must know what.

Now, come!' And they went into the dusk together.
When they reached the turnpike-road she turned to the right, and he soon perceived that they were following the direction of the excisemen and their load.

He had given her his arm, and every now and then she suddenly pulled it back, to signify that he was to halt a moment and listen.

They had walked rather quickly along the first quarter of a mile, and on the second or third time of standing still she said, 'I hear them ahead--don't you ?' 'Yes,' he said; 'I hear the wheels.