"I thought of shouting, but we might have got a shot in reply, and I made sure that one or other of the arrows would be picked up.

Still, this makes certain of it." "I think I would rather stop out here until morning," Paolo said, "then they will take me in.

I am afraid I shall never get across the river." "Nonsense! The water is low, and we are not likely to have to swim farther than we did in crossing the last moat.

Getting through the part of the town between us and the river is a more serious matter.

However, it is not very far across, and they are not likely to be very vigilant." They turned to the right, and kept along at the edge of the moat, until Hector considered that they had made a fourth of the circuit of the walls, and were now facing the river.