They paid no attention to Fred, however, and this convinced him that his disguise was good.

He passed near them, and he breathed more freely when he had gone by.
At the foot of the hill he turned away from the village.

Here he remembered something that both amused and annoyed him.

He had not asked just where the parsonage was.

He knew its location with reference to the outer portal of the tunnel, to be sure, but he had come to that underground.