Their progress is slow--they must stop every few hours to feed Theo, and again to stash their uniforms. Burr, impatient and unable to ride at more than a fast trot, once urges Laurens ahead and is quickly rebuked.

They arrive at a small village the day after setting out, having ridden through the night. Burr's bones feel heavy and achy, and when he dismounts his horse his legs collapse out from under him, and he has to catch himself in the dirt lest he crush poor Theo.

Laurens swears, tugs him upward, muttering things about being right, about how Burr shouldn't be here. Burr ignores him, and after sitting on a nearby crate the feeling returns to his legs, and he can walk, albeit slowly.

They have a cover, and a plan--they are Aaron Edwards and John Ramsay, a young recently married couple. They sit for a meal at an inn, but the village clearly harbours sympathizers, so that Laurens need only ask about the frankly well known aide of Washington to be pointed in the right direction.

They should rest, after a night of riding, but the next village is not too far, and the prospect of finding Hamilton is too great to delay. Laurens helps Burr back onto his horse with a dubious look, and before sunset they have arrived at the next village, exhausted and road-worn.