After a moment's whisperings, they all three turned their faces again towards Tralee.
Once they stopped and listened.

There was the sound of wagons.

One was coming from the north--that is, from the direction of Tralee; the other was coming from the south-east-that is, Nolan Doyle's ranch.
Li Choo's tongue clucked in his mouth; then he made an exclamation in Chinese, at which the others clucked also, and then they moved on again..