They have been trying to find you in Memphis, so the sooner you show yourself the better," he concluded significantly.
"You are sure you have her safe, John, no chance of discovery?
For God's sake, get her away from here as soon as you can, it's an awful risk you run!" "She'll be sent down river to-night," said Murrell.
"Captain," began Slosson who up to this had taken no part in the conversation.

"When are you going to cross to t'other side of the bayou ?" "Soon," replied Murrell.

Slosson laughed.
"I didn't know but you'd clean forgot the Clan's business.

I want to ask another question--but first I want to say that no one thinks higher or more frequent of the ladies than just me, I'm genuinely fond of 'em and I've never lifted my hand ag'in' 'em except in kindness." Mr.Slosson looked at Ware with an exceedingly virtuous expression of countenance.
He continued.

"Yo' orders are that we're to slip out of this a little afore midnight, but suppose there's a hitch--here's the lady knowing what she knows and here's the boy knowing what he knows." "There can be no hitch," rasped out Murrell arrogantly.
"I never knew a speculation that couldn't go wrong; and by rights we should have got away last night." "Well, whose fault is it you didn't ?" demanded Murrell.
"In a manner it were mine, but the ark got on a sandbank as we were fetching it in and it took us the whole damn night to get clear." "Well ?" prompted Murrell, with a sullen frown.
"Suppose they get shut of that notion of theirs that the lady's done drowned herself, suppose they take to watching the river?
Or suppose the whole damn bottom drops out of this deal?
What then?
Why, I'll tell you what then--the lady, good looking as she is, knows enough to make west Tennessee mighty onhealthy for some of us.