'Enough, I will go! If there be any power in will, or any speed in horses, I will get there!'
The minister sighed, but I commenced putting on my cloak. Just then, the young man who had driven me up from the island the day before, came to take my parting commands.
'Tell Mr. K.,' said I, 'that I start under favorable auspices. Is any one going through?'
'Two passengers, but no ladies,' he replied.
'Who are they?' I inquired.
'They are both strangers, from the 'other side''—(the Maine cognomen for the neighboring British provinces).
'What do they look like?'
'Well, they look like gentlemen, and we hope they are so,' he replied, with dubious emphasis.
And these were my favorable auspices! A doubtful snowstorm and two doubtful gentlemen! Nevertheless I spoke the truth.
At length I was all ready, and the landlady, who was quite interested in me by that time, took me once more into her parlor with my friends, while waiting for the stage. Again the thought of my travelling companions occurred to me. I inquired if the landlady knew aught of them.