“Nothing has been right in all the colony for some time,” said he. “So what you say is not surprising.”
The man coughed dryly and waved his hand.
“You don’t quite understand what I mean,” said he. “What you refer to is what everybody has seen, and everybody knows. But what I refer to is what nobody but my brother and I have seen, and what, more than likely, nobody else has any idea of.”
“Something that has to do with the public good?” inquired Ezra.
The man hesitated; but his brother made answer for him.
“Yes,” spoke he, “you might call it that.”
Ezra led his horse nearer to the fence and threw the rein over a post.
“Perhaps,” said he, “you wouldn’t mind being a little more definite.”
Once more the men consulted in whispers.
“He’s only a boy,” Ezra heard Josiah protest.