He will probably go west, and will take one or other of the two traces at the fork, and his hoofs will soon tell us which.

Our horses are refreshed by this, and are in readiness.
You have pistols: see to the flints and priming.

There must be no scruples now.

The matter has gone quite too far for quiet, and though the affair was all mine at first, it is now as perfectly yours." As Rivers spoke, Munro drew forth his pistols and looked carefully at the priming.

The sharp click of the springing steel, as the pan was thrown open, now fully aroused Lucy to that consciousness which had been only partial in the greater part of this dialogue.