"Won't it be seen ?" "Oh, no," replied Henry lightly.

"We are alone in the forest now." His tone was convincing to Paul, but Henry himself was aware that they were taking great risks.

Yet they must be taken.
"Now, Paul," he said cheerfully, "you keep a good watch while I bring in deadwood.

But first we will rake clean the welcoming hearth of our good friends who departed so quickly." Ashes and dead coals were lying in the fireplace, and he raked them carefully to one side.

Then he unbarred the door.