The only thing we can do is this: Tell those girls and the mother the whole truth--tell them at once, before Kirby can return, and then help them to get out of this country.

It is not necessary for Eloise to go, unless she desires to, but there is no other safe course for Delia and Rene.

They must reach a northern state before Kirby can lay hands on them.

Could Delia pass for a white woman ?" "Not in the South; still she could travel as Rene's maid.

But I do not believe it is possible for the two to escape in that way, Knox.
Understand I'd be willing to risk it if there were any show.