He knew that none would follow them there; the ground was too treacherous.
But there was a path known to himself which he could find blindfold by day or night.
He pulled his comrade along with a fierce, wild haste, till at a certain point he paused.

There was a little cavernous shelter in the midst of the morass, and here the pair sank down breathless and exhausted.
"We are saved!" gasped Roche, clasping his comrade by the hand.
"For the moment--yes," answered Fritz; "but what of afterwards ?".