I am going now." "He is colored, is he not, a slave ?" "We can only guess as to that.

But he does not look to me like a hard proposition.

If I can only reach the boat without being seen, the rest will be easy.

Now is the proper time, while he is busy tinkering with the engine.

You will stay here ?" "Yes, of course; I--I could be of no help." She suddenly held out her hand, as though impelled to the action of some swift impulse, and the warm pressure of her fingers meant more than words.