Then they paused.

Dark as it was each saw a look of dismay on the face of the other.
"We've come the wrong way!" exclaimed Paul.
"Maybe we have," reluctantly admitted Henry.
But their dismay lasted only a little while.

They were strong boys, used to the wilderness, and they did not fear even darkness and wandering through the woods.

Moreover, they were sure that they should find Wareville long before midnight.
They changed their course and continued the search.

The rain ceased by and by, the clouds left the heavens, and the moon came out, but they saw nothing familiar about them.