Once more he looked back: the figure and the light had gone.

The buggy wheels sounded nearer.

With a sudden feeling of courage, he turned round and ran back swiftly.

The light suddenly flashed again.
"It's no use," he said to himself, and turned and walked slowly along the road.
The sound of the buggy wheels came still nearer.

Presently it was obscured by passing under the huge branches of the tree.