Just as I did so, I saw it stop, and detected the two confederates approaching it from among the trees.

They got in, and the cab was turned about directly.

I ran back to my own cab and told the driver to let them pass him, and then to follow as before.
The man obeyed my directions, but so clumsily as to excite their suspicions.

We had been driving after them about three minutes (returning along the road by which we had advanced) when I looked out of the window to see how far they might be ahead of us.

As I did this, I saw two hats popped out of the windows of their cab, and two faces looking back at me.