He did not set them then and there; a keeper on his afternoon round might see them.

He came again in the evening with Erebus, laid trails of raisins and set them then.
Later he sold a pheasant to the cook of Mrs.Blenkinsop and one to the cook of Mr.Carrington.
During the next fortnight they sold eight more pheasants and eight more kittens.

They found themselves in the happy position of needing only six shillings more to make up the price of the fur stole.
But it had been impossible for the Twins to remain content with the clump of trees above Great Deeping wood.

They had laid a trail of raisins and set a snare in the wood itself, in the nearest corner of it on the valley road which divides the wood into two nearly equal parts.
On the next afternoon they had ridden into Rowington with Wiggins; and since the roads were heavy they did not go back the shortest way over Great Deeping hill, but took the longer level road along the valley.
The afternoon was still young, and for December, uncommonly clear and bright.

But as they rode through the wood, the Terror decided that instead of returning to it in the favoring dusk he might as well examine the snare in the corner now, and save himself another journey.
It was a risk no experienced poacher would have taken; but old heads, alas! do not grow on young shoulders.
He dismounted about the middle of the wood, informed the other two of his purpose (to the surprise of Wiggins who had not been informed of his friends' latest exploits) and made his dispositions.