He still led the way, and, after the brief halt under the fearful blow, he rallied and compelled Jack Everson to keep upon a trot to save himself from falling behind.
A hundred paces from the opening they reached a point where the trails forked.

They stopped, the parent being the first to do so.
"Jack," said he, using the less formal name, for under the awful shadow they had drawn nearer to each other, "we can't afford to make any mistake." "There shall be none if you tell me how to prevent it." "She must have followed one of these paths, but who shall say which ?" He stooped over and peered at the ground.

Within the dim hush of the jungle he was unable to discern the slightest disturbance of the earth.
"No use of that," said the doctor, reading his intention; "therefore we will separate; one of us will overtake them." "Have you any idea of the identity of these devils ?" "I think they are Ghoojurs, but it makes no difference; Mussulmans and Hindoos are the same; each of us has a rifle and revolver; if you get sight of them don't wait to notify me; shoot to kill; you know how to do it." "I shall shrink from nothing, but the case may be hopeless." "If it is will you promise me one thing ?" asked, the parent of the young man looking him in the eye.
"I do; what is the pledge ?" "That you point your gun at her ?".