But after leaving Passau, I should think that we had better not follow the direct road until we get to Ratisbon.
"I grant that as far as that town we ought to be quite safe, for there is no chance of their finding out that we have escaped until eight o'clock in the morning; then our colonel will have to report the matter to the commandant in the town.

No doubt he will send off a small party of cavalry, by the Freyberg road to Budweis, to order the authorities there to keep a sharp lookout for three men passing north.

But I doubt very much whether they will think of sending in this direction.

The escape of three Prussian officers is, after all, no very important matter.

Still, one cannot be too careful, for possibly the commandant may send to Munich, Ratisbon, and Vienna.
"It is more likely, however, that the search will be made principally in and round Linz.