Let it await our coming beneath the darkest shadows of the cotton sheds near the North Gate.

Have them place within it my rifle and ammunition, together with whatever weapons of war your husband may be accustomed to use; see that the boat be well provisioned for a long voyage, as it will require much travel before we get beyond Spanish reach, and we go not into a region of settlements.

Bid the men exhibit no light, nor converse above whispers.

My word to them will be 'Virginia'; they are to pay heed to no other.

You understand all this ?" "It is engraven upon my heart," she responded gravely.