"What evidence is there of danger ?" "In my last letter, you will remember, I expressed some fear on this head, and mentioned my purpose to go to Washington and assume a disguise." "I do, and have felt troubled about it." "Well, I was off by the early train on the next morning.

As good or bad luck would have it, the very man who sat next me in the cars was an individual I had met in the family of Mr.Ellis.He knew me, but played shy for some time.

I pretended not to recognise him at first, but turning to him suddenly, after we had been under way for ten minutes or so, I said, as if I had but just become aware of his identity, 'Why, how are you?
I did not know that I had an acquaintance by my side.' He returned my warm greeting rather distantly; but there was too much at stake to mind this, and I determined to thaw him out, which I accomplished in due time.

I found him a free sort of a man to talk, after he got going, and so I made myself quite familiar, and encouraged him to be outspoken.

I knew he had heard something about my adventure at Mr.Willet's, and determined to get from him the stories that were afloat on that subject.