Chapter 18, Months of Peril Summary and Analysis

The Flints continue their search for Linda with more vehemence than she had anticipated. After she has been hiding for a week, her pursuers come within a close proximity of the house in which she is hiding, prompting Linda to run out of the house and hide in some bushes, where she suffers from a venomous snake bite.

A kind woman in town who (although a slaveholder herself) is sympathetic to Linda's plan to escape, offers to aid Linda. She hides Linda in a small storage room in her home.

Mr. Sands' agent has made very generous offers to buy Linda's children. However, Dr. Flint refuses to sell them although it is clearly in his best interests, financially. He appears determined to have his revenge on Linda no matter what it costs him. Dr. Flint...