19/24 "What are they like, those figures ?" "That I cannot make out yet. They are many; they move; and every minute they grow bigger! That is all I can tell." "It is quite enough. The bodies of the two troopers have been found, the alarm has been given, and we are pursued. They have that hill to descend, this to mount; and our horses are better than theirs." "Are you going far, senor ?" inquired Gahra. |