"That scoundrel would, in any case, light it in his fury at finding that we have escaped; but he has probably done so, now, in hopes that the light will enable him to discover us.

It is well that we are so far ahead, for the blaze will light up the country for a long way round." "There is a wood a little way ahead, signor," the servant said.

"Once through that we shall be hidden from sight, however great the light." Arrived at the wood, they again broke into a walk.

A few hundred yards beyond the wood was some rising ground, from which they could see far over the country.
"Let us stop here," the merchant said.

"We are safe now.