He would bring a chaise, in which she could travel if she would, near her uncle's house at dawn upon the next morning.

He would take her, he said, to the house where the Smiths were in Fayette, but it was implied through all the letter that the mystic marriage which Smith had solemnised was considered by Halsey as valid, and that if she joined her material fortunes now to those of the persecuted sect, it would be as his wife.
In speaking of the future he did not gloss over the persecution; he did not even promise, as Smith had done, a sure and material reward.

The mind of the young Quaker convert was fixed upon the things that are unseen.

This was not hidden from the girl.

The thought of being with him in his faith and resignation gave her peace.