CHAPTER XXIX
JARRED AND SEWALL MEET
As soon as Scott was sure that the marshal had made good his get-away with Foster he looked for Hopwood, but Hopwood had also disappeared. He could see nothing further that he could do there and turned down the road away from the village. He had not gone far when he heard some one walking fast behind him. It was Sewall.
“Where are you going?” Sewall asked.
“Up to Jarred’s” Scott replied.
“So am I,” Sewall said.
They walked in silence, each occupied with his own thoughts. Scott was wondering where the marshal had gone with his prisoner and whether they would have any trouble in convicting him. Sewall was deeply moved by his walk up that road which was to him almost like a foreign country. His thoughts finally took the form of words.
“Do you know that I have been over this road only once before in thirty years, and that at night?”
Scott looked at him in astonishment. “Do you know Jarred?” he asked suddenly.
“Only by sight. I’ve seen him in the village once or twice, and once three years ago when he came up on our mountain,” Sewall said thoughtfully.
“What did they have, a conference?” Scott asked.