Nevertheless, there they were, still visible in the moonlight and still coming.
Ned and Obed remounted and rode at a running walk, which was easy but which nevertheless took them on rapidly.

But it became evident that the Lipans had increased their pace in the same ratio, as the distance of a mile and a half named by Obed did not decrease.

Ned looked up longingly at the sky.

There was not a cloud.

The moon, round and full, never shone more brightly, and it seemed that countless new stars had arrived that very night.