CHAPTER XVIIIESCAPINGFarmer Josephs place was empty at breakfast next morning. It was market-day, and he had made an early start for town. Teddy pressed Desires foot beneath the table; when Mrs. Sarie wasnt looking, he nodded towards the window and his lips formed the word, To-day.
The opportunity had come sooner than he had expected. It was quite necessary that, when he helped her to escape, Fanner Josephs back should be turned. The old man with the merry screwed-up eyes and the white horse-collar of whiskers round his neck, was always watching. He seemed to know by instinct every time that they wandered out of sight of the farmhouse. Sooner or later, as they sat in a field reading or telling stories, his face would peer above the hedge.
In the passage he caught Desires hand.
