"At any rate I think so; for I certainly smelled smoke.

If we go quietly we may take them unawares." Captain O'Connor passed the word along for the men to gather silently, and Ralph then led the way up to the clump of bushes.
"Yes, I can smell the peat plainly enough.

Now, Conway, do you search among the bushes.

Carefully, lad, we don't know what the place is like." Cautiously Ralph pushed the bushes aside.

He saw at once that these had been carefully trained to cover a large hole.