If only they could reach the steeper part of the ravine they could bid defiance to any horse that ever galloped, for Benoni must inevitably come to grief if he attempted a pursuit into the desolate Serra.

He saw that Hedwig had not apprehended the danger, when once the baron was stopped by the door, conceiving in her heart the impression that he was a prisoner in his own trap.
Nevertheless, they urged the beasts onward hotly, if one may use the word of the long, heavy trot of a mountain mule.

The sturdy countryman never paused or gasped for breath, keeping pace in a steady, determined fashion.
But they need not have been disturbed, for Hedwig's guess was nearer the truth than Nino's reasoning.

They knew it later, when Temistocle found them in Rome, and I may as well tell you how it happened.

When he reached the head of the staircase, he took the key from the one side to the other, locked the door, as agreed, and sat down to wait for Hedwig's rap.