Night, the storm and bullets did not stop them.

They could not shake them off in the immense spaces of plain and desert.

A kind of horror seized him.
Such tenacity must triumph.

Was it possible that Obed and he would fall victims after all?
At least it seemed sure that in the end they would be overtaken, and Ned began to count the odds in a fight.

Anything seemed better than this interminable flight.
They were cheered a little by the aspect of the country, which began to change considerably for the better.