The priest of the village is a worthy man; and he has, I know, no sympathy with bigotry and cruelty.

Consequently, if any of them should, in their confession, tell him that they have been engaged in breaking a prison, he will perchance guess what prison it was, and may imagine that I had a hand in it.

But I feel sure that the knowledge so gained would go no further.
"I might, had I chosen, have had the horses brought to the point where we separated from my men.

But in that case the hounds might have followed upon the main body, and so some clue would have been gained as to the direction from which they came.

As it is, they will follow us up, at any rate until we take horses.