We shall have to work together from now on.

You keep sharp watch at the window there, while I think a bit--there 's ordinarily a chance somewhere, you know, if one is only bright enough to uncover it." How still the night was, and dark; although the sky was cloudless, the stars shone clearly away up in the black vault.

Not even the howl of a distant coyote broke the silence.

To the left, seemingly a full half-mile distant, was the red flicker of a fire, barely visible behind a projection of bank.

But in front not even the keen eyes of the Sergeant could distinguish any sign of movement.