Suddenly Du Lhut stopped and grounded his weapon.
"They are still behind us," he said.
"Still behind us ?" "Yes.

This is the point where we branched off.

They have hesitated a moment, as you can see by their footmarks, and then they have followed on." "If we go round again and quicken our pace we may overtake them." "No, they are on their guard now.

They must know that it could only be on their account that we went back on our tracks.

Lie here behind the fallen log and we shall see if we can catch a glimpse of them." A great rotten trunk, all green with mould and blotched with pink and purple fungi, lay to one side of where they stood.