I'll tell you what I done to Bard, anyway.

Yesterday, after he found that Drew had been here and gone he seemed sort of upset; tried to keep it from me, but I'm too much used to judgin' changes of weather to be fooled by any tenderfoot that ever used school English.

Then he hinted around about learnin' the way to Eldara, because he knows that town is pretty close to Drew's place, I guess.

I told him; sure I did.

He should of gone due west, but I sent him south.