"I never saw him before in my life, so far as I know." "Didn't he tell you who he was ?" "He did not, and I did not ask him any questions." That was all that was said about it; and the major relapsed into silence, and Christy concluded that he had gone to sleep again.

The wagon continued on the journey, though at a very slow pace, for the road could hardly have been any worse.

At the end of about two hours more, the vehicle halted near a sheet of water which looked as though it might be a river, or an arm of Mobile Bay.
The road appeared to end at a rude sort of wharf; but there was no person in the vicinity, no house, and no craft of any kind in the water, so far as Christy could see when he was helped out of the wagon.

Percy was assisted to the ground also; and the two soldiers at the rear of the wagon, who had gone to sleep, were waked, and ordered to get out.
"We shall not want the wagon any more," said the major.

"You can send Boyce back to the house with it." "It is five miles from here, and he will not get back till nearly morning." "We can wait for him.