It seemed to me, then, that she had got lost in the woods, and had wandered thus over some trail to the path where she had met me.

Every thing served to show me that the river lay to the left, and so I resolved to turn in at the first path which I reached.
"At length, after about two miles, we came to a path which went into the woods.

My companion was sure that this was the very one by which she had come out, and this confirmed the impression which the sight of it had given me.

I thought it certainly must lead toward the river.

So we turned into this path.