It might be worth while to find out just what is going on around here." But that could wait.

For the moment his task was to meet Vladimir and then to spy out the parsonage.

Meeting Vladimir proved easier than he had hoped.

He followed the trail of the man on the motorcycle until he was within sight of the grey stone parsonage, and then had his bearings exactly.

He approached the hollow cautiously, but no one was around.
The ground was fairly soft; there had been rain within the last three or four days.