And possession of his darter too, without so much as a Chancery suit.

But what is to satisfy me, Squire, agin goin' wrong in this little transaction ?" "I can very soon satisfy you," said the stranger, "as to their identity.
Here is their full, particular, and correct description--names, weights, and colors of the parties." With a broad grin at his own exquisite wit, the bluff man drew forth his pocket-book, and took out a paper, which he began to smooth on his knee quite leisurely.

Meanwhile, in my hiding-place, I was trembling with terror and indignation.

The sense of eavesdropping was wholly lost, in that of my own jeopardy.

I must know what was arranged about me; for I felt such a hatred and fear of that stranger that sooner than be surrendered to him I would rush back to my room and jump out of the window, and trust myself to the trackless forest and the snowy night.
I was very nearly doing so, but just had sense enough to wait and hear what would be said of me.