It sure means that she ain't in that house, unless she's sick in bed." And he grew pale at the thought.
"Partner," said Ronicky Doone, "if they are trying to keep her away from us they sure have the sense to keep her under cover for as long as two days.

Ain't that right?
It looks pretty bad for us, but I'm staying here for one solid week, anyway.

It's just about our last chance, Bill.

We've done our hunting pretty near as well as we could.
If we don't land her this trip, I'm about ready to give up." Bill Gregg sadly agreed that this was their last chance and they must play it to the limit.

One week was decided on as a fair test.