He was about to whisper Surajah to join him, when he heard voices.

They came from above, and he at once understood that, instead of a man being posted behind the gate, two were on guard on the wall above it.

He beckoned to Surajah to join him, and when he did so, whispered what he had discovered.
"If the gate is only barred, we are all right now, Surajah; except that we shall have to run the risk of being shot by those fellows on the wall.

We shall be a pretty easy mark, on that white road by moonlight.

Our only plan will be to keep close to the wall, when we are through the gate, get down into the bed of the stream again, and then crawl along among the rocks.