"A difficulty?"
"Ay. I must be at Baton Rouge to-morrow night, or all my hopes up the river are lost."
"And you will return—"
Vernon reflected, and then replied,
"In four days."
"That will do. Don't let it be more than four days."
"No."
"And, Vernon, you had better write to the military lover that the lady is doing well—that Jaspar's health is improving, &c. They won't hurry down, then."
"A good thought. I will write to him."