He found that
a lady and gentleman answering to his description had taken a carriage
on the morning of their arrival, and this was all they knew. In answer
to his inquiries for Hatchie, he learned that a servant had been handed
over to the police, to be imprisoned in the calaboose till called for.
This was scanty information upon which to continue his search. His first
step was to go to the calaboose, where he managed to obtain an interview
with Hatchie. The poor fellow was in an agony of grief,--not on his own
account, but on that of his mistress, for he well understood the reason
of this imprisonment.
Hatchie, of course, could give him no information of the whereabouts of
Emily, nor offer any suggestion; and Vernon was compelled to leave the
disheartened mulatto, with only a promise of speedily effecting his
deliverance.
Vernon's next step was to ascertain the present abiding place of
Maxwell, if, indeed, he was in the city; and for this purpose he had
gone to his office. The open room did not verify the statements of the
negress.
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