There he had taken the various documents from their hiding-place, and had made his way from the city.

Outside the gates he was joined by the others, and all, at a speedy but still dignified pace, made their way to the spot where the horses were concealed, in a little wood in a retired valley.

Here they changed their dress, and, making a bonfire of the garments which they had taken off, mounted their Losses, and rode for the north..