It was arranged that they should start that night at ten o'clock . ` The pursuers are hard after thee , we must not delay , ' said Simeon . Rachel was happy and busy , packing up food and clothes for them to take on the journey . Late in the afternoon another Quaker , called Phineas , came with the dreadful news that the wicked men , whom Haley had sent to catch Eliza , were only a few miles away . So George and Eliza decided to start as soon as it was dark . A little while after supper a large covered waggon drew up before the door . They got in and the waggon drove off . On and on , all through the dark night they drove . About three o'clock , George heard the click of a horse 's hoof coming behind them . ` That 's Simeon , ' said Phineas , who was driving , as he pulled up the horses to listen . ` Halloa , there , Simeon , ' he shouted , ` what news ? Are they coming ? ' ` Yes , right on behind , eight or ten of them . ' ` Oh ! what shall we do ? ' groaned Eliza . But Phineas knew the road well . He lashed the horses till they flew along , the waggon rattling and jumping over the hard road behind them . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- On they went till they came to a place where the rocks rose straight up from the road like a wall . It seemed impossible for any one to climb up there .
But XXXXX knew a way .
Eliza George Haley Phineas Simeon afternoon night o'clock right waggon