Toliver's Secret (2014)
“Hold back the night!” Ellen said over and over as they rode along. She watched the trees stand black against the dull red sunset. Slowly the sky faded into gray and then turned into night.
She thought anxiously of Mr. Shannon’s courier and wondered how long he would wait. Was he watching the few stars that came out in the wintry sky? It must be a long, long ride from Elizabeth to Pennsylvania. If the General was to have the message tomorrow, the first courier would have to start soon. Grandfath...er would have been there long ago, had he come.
It had grown very dark when Mr. Murdock turned his head to her and spoke over his shoulder. “It’s black as pitch. You’d better sleep in the loft with my boys tonight.”
“Oh, no!” cried Ellen. “I couldn’t do that.”
“How you going to get to Elizabeth?”
Ellen took a long breath. “Walk,” she said in a very low voice.
Then she remembered the coins in her pocket.
“Mr. Murdock!” she said. “I can pay you to ride me to Elizabeth.”MoreLess
She thought anxiously of Mr. Shannon’s courier and wondered how long he would wait. Was he watching the few stars that came out in the wintry sky? It must be a long, long ride from Elizabeth to Pennsylvania. If the General was to have the message tomorrow, the first courier would have to start soon. Grandfath...er would have been there long ago, had he come.
It had grown very dark when Mr. Murdock turned his head to her and spoke over his shoulder. “It’s black as pitch. You’d better sleep in the loft with my boys tonight.”
“Oh, no!” cried Ellen. “I couldn’t do that.”
“How you going to get to Elizabeth?”
Ellen took a long breath. “Walk,” she said in a very low voice.
Then she remembered the coins in her pocket.
“Mr. Murdock!” she said. “I can pay you to ride me to Elizabeth.”MoreLess
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