I would wager you anything he cannot have gone two hundred yards from the house.

That is where we must search for him.

I warrant we shall find him hidden in a thicket thereabouts." "We shall have to take a lantern then, for it will be dark before we get back." "Our best plan will be to leave it alone till morning.

If we sit outside the hut, and take it in turns to watch, we shall hear him when he moves, which he is sure to do when it gets dark.

It will be a still night, and we should hear a stick break half a mile away.
We shall catch him, safe enough, before he has gone far." "Well, I hope we shall have him back before Ben Soloman comes," the charcoal burner said, "or it will be worse for both of us.