"I have my own horses at Tete Jaune and there need be no delay.

We were to start into the North from there." "You mean on the adventure you were telling me about ?" She had looked at him quickly.
"Yes.

Old Donald, my partner, has been waiting for me a week.

That's why I was so deuced anxious to rush the book to an end.

I'm behind Donald's schedule, and he's growing nervous.