"About an hour ago."
"Coming from the bayou?"
"Yes."
"Which way did she head?"
"Down the river."
"Are you sure of that, Dillard?" called out Harold Bird.
"Hullo, Mr. Bird, that you?"
"I say, are you sure the launch went down the river?"
"Positive, sir—we watched her out of sight. Was she your boat?"
"She was."