All amblers do that.' 'You're right,' I said, after listening for a minute.

'I can hear the regular pace, different from a horse's walk.' 'How does he know we're here, I wonder ?' says Jim.
'Some of the telegraphs piped us, I suppose,' I answered.

'I begin to wish they forgot us altogether.' 'No such luck,' says Jim.

'Let's keep dark and see what this black snake of a Warrigal will be up to.

I don't expect he'll ride straight up to the door.' He was right.