I say the roads, because the center of the cross-road is reached by four separate roads.

The one that I myself took was the only one that presented any fresh traces.

Two horses had followed it side by side; their eight feet were marked very distinctly in the clay.

One of the riders was more impatient than the other, for the foot-prints of the one were invariably in advance of the other about half a horse's length." "Are you quite sure they came together ?" said the king.
"Yes, sire.

The horses are two rather large animals of equal pace--horses well used to maneuvers of all kinds, for they wheeled round the barrier of the Rond-point together." "Well--and after ?" "The two cavaliers paused there for a minute, no doubt to arrange the conditions of the engagement; the horses grew restless and impatient.
One of the riders spoke, while the other listened and seemed to have contented himself by simply answering.