The possibility of passing in safety did not enter their panic-stricken minds.

They no sooner spied the men than they stepped back within the temporary shelter of a curve in the road, speechless with terror.

They heard the voices and steps coming nearer.

They looked back the long road they had come, and perceived that down its length they could not fly.

It was in this moment of despair that a brilliant idea was born in the mind of Red.