"You'll have to give me a good half hour more."
"The deuce we will!"
"Can't do it in less."
"That'll mean we won't fetch up at Wilton 'til after dark," Eleazer fretted.
"Sorry. I'm workin' at top speed. I can't go no faster. You've set me quite a chore."
"There's no use goin' up in the air an' rilin' Pete all up, Eleazer," Elisha intervened. "We'll just have to be patient an' put off what we was plannin' to do until tomorrow. I reckon mornin'll be a better time, anyway. Certainly 'twill do just as well."
"Mebbe," Eleazer grumbled. "Still, I'm disappointed. Wal, that bein' the case, s'pose you an' me step over to the drug store while we're hangin' round an' do them errands we mentioned."
Elisha agreed.
A faint flush had crept back into his cheeks and his eyes had regained their light of hope.
Chance was on his side.