He took a line across that wild country in the dark with such assurance, and so swiftly that it was unbelievably hard to follow him quietly.

It was not long before we lost sound of him.

Then we ran more freely, trusting to luck as much as anything to keep him thinking he had the darkness to himself.
Our short day's journey seemed to have trebled itself! We were leg-weary and tired-eyed when at last we reached, and nearly fell into a hollow we recognized.

Will went down and struck a match to get a look at his watch.
"There ought to be a moon in about ten minutes," he whispered.

"We're within sight of the place.