Here, too, the driver began to show symptoms of disquiet, and announced to the merchant that he could not take them any farther, and that they must report themselves to the leader in command.

To this Mr.Schroeter made no objection, but paid the driver and stopped the carriage.
A young man with a blue head-piece, and a red and white scarf about his waist, stepped forward, obliged the travelers to dismount, and with a great display of zeal led them to the chief.

The merchant still held the reins in his hand, and whispered to Anton that he was on no account to lose sight of the carriage.

Anton pretended the utmost unconcern, and pressed a coin into the hand of the friendly krakuse, who had crept behind the carriage, that he might go and get the horses a bundle of hay.
The sentry was in a house whose thatched roof had been dignified by the whitewashing of the walls.

A few muskets and guns leaned up against it, watched by a youthful volunteer in blue coat and red cap.