It must not be noticed that we are traveling together.

That is the only clew they have got." Dan obeyed his instructions.

The journey was a long one.

The train was slow and stopped frequently; passengers got in and out at every station.
The morning's news from the various points at which the respective forces were facing each other was the general topic of conversation, and Vincent was interested in seeing how the tone gradually changed as the passengers from St.Louis one by one left the train and their places were taken by those of the more southern districts.

At first the sentiment expressed had been violently Northern, and there was no dissent from the general chorus of hope and expectation that the South were on their last legs and that the rebellion would shortly be stamped out; but gradually, as the train approached the State of Tennessee, the Unionist opinion, although expressed with even greater force and violence, was by no means universal.