Like enough, as soon as they find we are ready for them here, they will send a messenger off to some village up behind us.

There is one thing, he will have a good way to go for we have seen no break in the cliffs for the last twenty miles, and maybe they go much farther; anyhow, we have got to risk it." "I should think," Dick said, "that anyhow we might as well get the horses up to the top of the path, ready to push on as soon as it gets dark.

They can do it easily enough in daylight, but it would be a very awkward job at night." "Right you are, lad, that is a capital plan.

We will do it at once.

We have got everything wrapped up ready.