See, there is a smoke in the south and now another answers it in the north.

They are talking about us." Robert saw the familiar signals which always meant peril to them, and he was willing to go forward at the uttermost speed.

He had become hardened in a measure to danger, though it seemed to him that he was passing through enough of it to last a lifetime.

But his soul rose to meet it.
They used all the customary devices to hide their traces, wading when there was water, walking on stones or logs when they were available, but they knew these stratagems would only delay Tandakora, they could not throw him off the trail entirely.

They hoped more from the coming dark, and, when night came, it found them going at great speed.