Mrs.Godfrey finally consented to follow Paul.

He took in his arms the two smallest children, and pressing them closely to his broad chest with his long sinewy arms, was soon skipping from rock to rock like a mountain goat.

The mother and the three other children followed as closely as possible in Paul's tracks.
After the Indian had gone about a hundred yards, he looked over his left shoulder and appeared satisfied that all was well.

He redoubled his speed and bounded along as a deer, and suddenly turning to the right he made his way up a slope of ground and was out of sight among the trees.
Margaret now began to feel anxious, fearing that after all the trust she had reposed in Paul, he might yet prove unfaithful.

She called to the Indian, but he heeded not her cry.