She and Mrs.Poundberry and Captain Nat were still at the old home and no one save themselves knew what their plans might be.

Yet, oddly enough, Ellery was the first outsider to learn these plans and that from Nat himself.
He met the captain at the corner of the "Turnoff" one day late in August.

He tried to make his bow seem cordial, but was painfully aware that it was not.

Nat, however, seemed not to notice, but crossed the road and held out his hand.
"How are you, Mr.Ellery ?" he said.

"I haven't run across you for sometime.