` Oh , it 's Tom 's letter . I 'm helping him to write it , ' said Eva . ` Is n't it nice ? ' ' I would n't discourage either of you , ' said her father ; ` but I rather think , Tom , you had better let me write your letter for you . I 'll do it when I come home from my ride . ' ` It is very important that he should write , ' said Eva , ` because his mistress is going to send money to buy him back again , you know , papa . He told me they had said so . ' Mr. St. Clare thought in his heart that very likely this meant nothing . He thought it was only one of these things which good-natured people said to their slaves to comfort them when they were taken away from their dear ones to be sold . He did not really believe Mrs. Shelby meant to buy Tom back again . However , he did not say so out loud , but just told Tom to get the horses ready for a ride . That evening the letter was written , and Uncle Tom carried it joyfully to the post-office . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- CHAPTER XII GEORGE FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM The day after George and Eliza met each other once more at the end of so many sad months of parting , was a very happy one in the Quaker house . The two had much to say to each other . George had to tell how he had escaped from his cruel master , and how he had followed Eliza all the way and at last found her . Then there were plans to make for going on towards Canada . 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 XXXXX decided to start as soon as it was dark .
Canada Clare Eliza George Haley Tom afternoon evening months o'clock