The four old horses trudged along, dragging the "New Leaf" slowly across the river, while Martha kept her gaze fixed on the distant horizon where Saint Louis City had long since disappeared, uncertain of what fate awaited her, her mind filled with apprehension.
Just then, the middle-aged gold seeker, who had been chatting casually with Harper, glanced around the deck and suddenly asked, "Hey, have you noticed? There's not a single French speaker among those heading for the West Coast."
Harper thought for a moment and nodded, "That seems to be the case. Perhaps the French people eager to strike gold have long been in California."
Little did they know that the French version of the story about gold seeker Miles had two extra paragraphs compared to the English version.
