He observed, too, that his course trended to the right, proving that he was penetrating deeper into the country.
"If the line that the doctor is following holds straight on we must approach each other, but his may turn more than mine--confound it!" He had reached a point where the paths forked again.

Supposing he had been fortunate enough to take the right course at the beginning, how could he maintain it?
Swallowing his exasperation, he reflected coolly.

The trail to the left was less travelled than the one which kept directly forward.

He believed the Ghoojurs had kept to it possibly because there was less danger of pursuit.

One fact was self-evident: nothing was to be gained by standing still, while there was a chance of accomplishing something by going on.