It showed her that Gus was not faithless, that she might count on Cynthy, and that Jonas was her friend, and that he did not like Humphreys.

Jonas called him a hawk.
That agreed with her dream.

He was a hawk and a spider.
"But, Cynthy Ann, I got a letter night before last; ma threw it in the window.

In it Gus said he released me.

I hadn't asked any release.