He's out o' the road, an' ye needn't stir if any body comes along." Harry went up to the old horse, patted his nose and his breast, and told him he was good.

The creature seemed to understand it, and gave him no trouble.

Jim then stalked off noiselessly into the darkness, and the boy waited with a trembling and expectant heart.
Jim reached the poor-house, and stood still in the middle of the road between the two establishments.

The lights in both had been extinguished, and stillness reigned in that portion occupied by Thomas Buffum and his family.

The darkness was so great that Jim could almost feel it.