They will feel quite sure that we cannot possibly have obtained any disguises, and must have gone off in our undergarments; and they will reckon that we should naturally have hidden up in some outhouse, or country loft, until we could find some opportunity for obtaining clothes.

Most likely the barge went on this morning, before the alarm had been given; but even if it didn't, boatmen would not be likely to hear of the escape of three prisoners.
"No, I think beyond Passau we shall be quite safe, as far as pursuit goes; but it will be best to halt there only long enough to take a good meal, and then to go on for a bit, and stop at some quiet riverside village." "I don't think I shall be able to go very far," Ritzer said.

"These boots are a great deal too large for me, and are chafing my feet horribly.

The road is good and level; and I was thinking, just now, of taking them off and carrying them." "That would be the best way, by far," Fergus said.

"I should think at Passau we are sure to find a boat going up to Ratisbon, and that will settle the difficulty." The distance was some thirty miles and, making one or two halts for a rest, they reached Passau just as morning was breaking.