Walking through the woods is too difficult. You can barely see where you are going and following the road would be much quicker.

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You and Ellen walk at the edge of the road for what seems like hours. You can clearly see the night sky and constantly keep looking up at the "Drinking Gourd" which points you in the direction of the North Star. You were right, taking the road was much easier and you haven't so much as passed a soul.

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The sky is becoming lighter and you decide it would be best to hide in the woods during the day and travel only at night. You are so deep into the woods that no casual traveler on the road would spot you.

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You build a makeshift camp out of evergreen branches but dare not build a fire because the smoke would be easy to spot. You both have breakfast of one biscuit each, which by now has grown stale, and a couple slices of pork belly that Ellen stole from the master's kitchen before leaving. Aside from a bag of raisins and some wild berries that you gathered in the woods, you don't have much food. In order to survive this trip you are going to have to come up with another plan. In the meantime you are so exhausted that you fall asleep, forgetting about how cold you are.

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You wake to the sound of Ellen's voice telling you that it is dark and time to move on. Your body aches from the cold and your only thought is just to sleep through the night. But to stay where you are means a bigger risk of being captured so you begrudgingly move on.

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You continue to follow the same road, checking for the North Star but tonight is cloudy and you can't figure out which way is north. Ellen remembers a trick that she learned from one of the kitchen slaves who taught her that moss grows on the northside of trees. You both begin blindly moving your hands over the trunks of trees until Ellen shouts in a hushed whisper, "I found some!"

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You start walking in the direction the moss has pointed out. You don't go far before you hear the sounds of hoof beats coming from behind you. Your heart races as you grab Ellen by the shoulder and guide her into the woods. The rider passes just in time, but even though it is dark you can tell that the man is black. What do you do? Call for him to stop or let him keep riding on.