Then Bob brought a couple of paddles out of the corner of the wagon-shed, handed one to his companion, and the two walked slowly down the road.

When they were out of sight of the house they climbed the fence, and directed their course across the fields toward the head of the lake.

Then they quickened their pace.

They had much to do, and they wanted to finish their work and return to the house before their absence was discovered.
Half an hour's rapid walking brought them to the road just below General Gordon's barn.

The next thing was to make their way along the foot of the garden until they reached the jetty, and that was an undertaking that was not wholly free from danger.