After that everything was confusion.
Shadrach darted back toward the rear.

The light ahead began to move quickly, advancing toward us.

The front camels left the road, as I presume, following their leader according to the custom of these beasts when marching in line.
Presently, I know not how, Orme, Quick, and myself found ourselves together in the darkness; at the time we thought Higgs was with us also, but in this we were mistaken.

We heard shoutings and strange voices speaking a language that we could not understand.

By the sudden glare of a flash of lightning, for the thunderstorm was now travelling over us, we saw several things.