As if some instinct whispered her, that there was a possibility of Zeb
making his appearance, she turned her eyes towards the plain on the
opposite side of the river--where a road led up and down. It was the
common highway between Fort Inge and the plantations on the lower Leona.
It traversed the prairie at some distance from the river bank;
approaching it only at one point, where the channel curved in to the
base of the bluffs. A reach of the road, of half a mile in length, was
visible in the direction of the Fort; as also a cross-path that led to a
ford; thence running on to the hacienda. In the opposite direction--
down the stream--the view was open for a like length, until the
chapparal on both sides closing in, terminated the savanna.