Only that one of the troopers allows he was trailing you at a time which shows you had no hand in the thing, you wouldn't be sitting there smoking that cigar." It was almost a minute before Winston could trust his voice.

Then he said slowly, "And what do they want me for ?" "I guess they don't quite know whether they do or not," said the officer.

"They crawl slow in Canada.

In the meanwhile they wanted to know where you were, so they could take out papers if anything turned up against you." "And Winston ?" said the farmer.
"Got away with a trooper close behind him.

The rest of them had headed him off from the prairie, and he took to the river.