I crept cautiously out of the brushwood, though I kept still in the shadow of the trees, and I drew nearer and nearer, expecting every instant to be seen.

I dared not fire till I was very close.

It was long since I had discharged such a weapon, and I knew well that thy life and mine both hung upon that one charge.

Robin rose suddenly to his feet after binding thee, and I thought for certain I was seen.

But no; he turned and leaned over the well, and drew forth from it yon huge round slab of stone, which he flung there on the grass as thou seest it.