` No ! ' ` You 're sure , a n't you , mother ? ' ` Yes , sure . ' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- Harry dropped his little weary head upon her shoulder , and was soon fast asleep . Eliza walked on and on , never resting , all through the night . When the sun rose , she was many miles away from her old home . Still she walked on , only stopping , in the middle of the day , to buy a little dinner for herself and Harry at a farm-house . At last , when it was nearly dark , she arrived at a village , on the banks of the river Ohio . If she could only get across that river , Eliza felt she would be safe . She went to a little inn on the bank , where a kind-looking woman was busy cooking supper . ` Is there a boat that takes people across the river now ? ' she asked . ` No , indeed , ' replied the woman . ` The boats has stopped running . It is n't safe , there be too many blocks of ice floating about . ' Eliza looked so sad and disappointed when she heard this , that the good woman was sorry for her . Harry too was so tired , that he began to cry . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- ` Here , take him into this room , ' said the woman , opening the door into a small bed-room . Eliza laid her tired little boy upon the bed , and he soon fell fast asleep . But for her there was no rest .
She stood XXXXX the window , watching the river with its great floating blocks of ice , wondering how she could cross it .
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