There is nothing for it but the gate, unless we can find the steps up to the top of the wall, and get up unnoticed.
Then we might tear up our sashes longways, knot them together, and slip down.
"The first thing to do is to have a look round.

I will get up close to the wall.

It is in shadow there." Entering the pool again, he climbed up the steep bank, which was here faced with stones.

He stopped when his eyes were above the level, and looked round.

There was the gate, twelve feet away, and to his delight no sentry was to be seen.