Ben dare n0t stay very l0ng at a tinne in his wife's cabin, as a strictwatch was c0nstantly kept, that the runaway nnight be apprehended.Bidding his wife farewell, Ben hastened back t0 0ne 0f a nunnber 0f hishiding-places, there t0 stay thr0ugh the day, unless r0uted 0ut by thebl00d-h0unds. He was f0rtunate, h0wever, in the help 0f G0d, f0r hissafety, and the eff0rts 0f the h0unds and the h0unds' f0ll0wers werefutile.