If he had not judged the position of the sun wrong, their little camp lay to the right, and he would choose that course.

He turned at once and walked swiftly among the trees.
Paul stopped now and then to listen.

He would have uttered the long forest shout, as a signal to his comrade, but even that was forbidden.

Henry had seen signs in the forest that indicated more than once to his infallible eye the presence of roving warriors from the north, and no risk must be taken.

But, as usual, it was only the note of the wilderness that came to his ears.