You had better, at your first halt, sew it under one of your patches.

It is, as you see, written on a piece of linen, so that however closely you may be examined, there will be no stiffness or crackling, as would be the case with paper.
"Now goodbye, Hilliard! It is a satisfaction to me that you have undertaken this journey on your own initiative, and on your own request.

I believe that you have a fair chance of carrying it through--more so than men with wider shoulders and bigger limbs would have.

If you come to grief, I shall blame myself for having accepted your offer; but I shall at least know that I thought it over seriously, and that, seeing the importance of the object in view, I did not feel myself justified in refusing." With a cordial shake of the hand, he said goodbye to Gregory.

The latter went off to his hut.