Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London

"What for?" Young Dick countered.

"We gotta get out quick, an' payin' our way at the start is quickest.
Me--I'm all hunkydory; but you ain't. The folks that's lookin' after
you'll raise a roar. They'll have more detectives out than you can
shake at stick at. We gotta dodge 'em, that's what."

"Then we will dodge," said Young Dick. "We'll make short jumps this
way and that for a couple of days, layin' low most of the time, paying
our way, until we can get to Tracy. Then we'll quit payin' an' beat
her south."