Any one would hear our footsteps along this flinty path.

Besides, there is the rope." "It's someone else searching!" Robert whispered hoarsely.
The light grew nearer and nearer.

A little way below, the path branched to the right and the left.

To the left it encircled the tennis lawn and led to the Manor or back to the road.

The path to the right led to the little lookout upon which the two men were standing.