72/77 Hannah, we ain't been nigh Bayport. We've been ridin' round and round in circles through them woods all night." "Caleb HAMMOND!" Before Caleb could add anything to his astonishing statement the silence of the night was broken by the clang of the bell in the tower of the church. It clanged four times. "Only four o'clock! It can't be!" "My soul!" cried Miss Parker, "only four! Why--why, I thought we'd been ridin' ten hours at least. |