I hoped at first that we should get clear in the night, but you were asleep, and on the whole it seemed best to lie up for another day.

We might make a bolt for it to-morrow night if all goes well.

I have a sort of instinct for these mountains.

There is always plenty of cover for those who know how to find it.

It will be slow progress, of course, but we will keep moving south, and, given luck, we may fall in with Bassett's relief column before many days." So with much serenity he disclosed his plans, and Muriel marvelled afresh at the confidence that buoyed him up.