From that point our danger will be the greatest, for all the roads across the mountains are sure to be watched.

The guards at the station houses on these roads have, no doubt, by this time had orders to look for you and arrest you; but by traveling at night, we may pass them safely.
"We may as well enter that field of maize, and lie down until evening.

After that we will follow a path till we gain a main road, and then travel straight on.

We can go so much faster on a road than through the fields; and I know where the post houses are situated, so we can make a detour to avoid them." That night they walked, as far as Roger could guess, fifty miles, and again entered a very hilly country.

In the morning they left the road and encamped in a wood, far up the hillside.