I knew that we couldn't actually surprise them till morning; for the hut lies some distance in a bog, and there would be no crossing it unless we could see.

Still if we could have got to the edge without the alarm being given, they would not have time to hide the things before we reached them.

I have ridden across this place many a time after dark, and never missed my way." "That was the sagacity of your horse more than your own, I expect," Ralph said.

"A horse can find his way along a path he has once traveled better than any man can do.

In the first place, I think he can see better in the night; and in the second, he has some sort of instinct to guide him.