Thissuggestionwascarriedout，andCamdenwassoonleftbehind。Afewcartsweremetastheydrovealong。Thefarmerknewsomeofthedriversandpulleduptosayafewwordstothem。Afteratwenty-miledrivetheystoppedatanotherfarm，wheretheirfriend\'sintroductionensuredthemascordialawelcomeasthatupontheprecedingevening。Sostepbysteptheyjourneyedon，escortedinalmosteverycasebytheirhostofthenightbeforeandmeetingwithnointerruption。OncetheypassedastrongbodyofFederalcavalry，butthesesupposingthatthepartybelongedtotheneighborhoodaskednoquestions；andatlast，aftereightdays\'traveling，theypassedtwopostswhichmarkedtheboundarybetweenTennesseeandAlabama。
ForthelasttwodaystheyhadbeenbeyondthepointtowhichtheFederaltroopshadpenetrated。Theynowfeltthatallriskwasatanend。Anotherday\'sjourneybroughtthemtoarailwaystation，andtheylearnedthatthetrainswererunningasusual，althoughsomewhatirregularastothehoursatwhichtheycamealongorastothetimetheytookupontheirjourney。Thecontentsofthecarthadbeenleftatthefarmatwhichtheystoppedthenightbefore，andVincenthadnownodifficultyindisposingofthehorseandcart，ashedidnotstandoutforprice，buttookthefirstoffermade。
Twohourslateratraincamealong，andthepartyweresoonontheirwaytotheeast。Aftermanyhours\'travelingtheyreachedRome，inGeorgia，andthenproceededbythesouthernlineafewmilestoMacon，atwhichplacetheyalightedandhiredaconveyancetotakethemtoAntioch，nearwhichplaceLucy\'srelativesresided。
Thelatterpartofthejourneybyrailhadbeenasilentone。Lucyfeltnoneofthepleasurethatshehadexpectedatfindingherselfsafelythroughherdangersanduponthepointofjoiningrelationswhowouldbedelightedtoseeher，andshesatlookingblanklyoutofthewindowatthesurroundingcountry。AtlastVincent，whohadbeenhalfanhourwithoutspeaking，said。
Areyousorryourjourneyisjustover，Lucy？\"