I felt sure they had gone after my pistol shot, because I saw some of the bushes moving a little against the wind farther down the stream.

It was proof.

Besides, they had to go, knowing that day would soon be here." He reclothed himself and stepped back into the boat, taking up the second pair of oars.
"Let us return to Albany in triumph by the river," he said.
"You think there is no danger of our being fired upon from ambush ?" "None at all.

The slaver and spy will be anxious to get away and escape observation.

They would be glad enough to shoot at us, but they would never dare to risk it." "And so ours has been the triumph.