He ran well to begin with, but I was gaining fast on him when he leaped into a narrow lane where he had left his horse, and rode off before I could get up to him.

I need hardly say that there was no use attempting to follow on foot.

He missed you all, did he not ?" "Yes, Mark.

It is not so easy to take an accurate aim when it is nearly dark.

The bullet passed between myself and Mr.Bastow, and has buried itself in the mantelpiece." "Something ought to be done, Guardy," Millicent Conyers said indignantly.