That will take us till one, and we shall have a good five hours before Father's escape will be discovered.

They will know that he can't have gone down the road, and it will take them fully two hours to search the fort, and all over the rock.

It will be eight o'clock before they set out in pursuit, and by that time we ought to be well on the road between Cenopatam and Anicull.
"If we can manage to buy horses at Cenopatam, of course we will do so.
We shall be there by five o'clock, and ought to be able to get them in a couple of hours.

Once on horseback, we are safe.

I don't think they will pursue very far--perhaps not even so far as Cenopatam; for the governor will see that he had better not make any fuss about a white captive having escaped, when it was not known that he had one there at all.