"I trust that we shall meet with no enemies on the road; still we may do so, and I should not like to be unarmed.

You have your arquebus." This had been brought in the boat by Roger, and on landing Pierre had exchanged the steel cap and breast piece for his own cap.
The road to Villeneuve D'Agenois was a cross-country one, and would be impossible to follow in the dark.

Consequently, after keeping on the main road for half an hour, they turned off a road to the right, rode until they came to a wood, and there alighted.
"Shall I light a fire, sir ?" Pierre asked.
"It is not worth while, Pierre.

It must be getting on for midnight now, and we must be in the saddle again, at daybreak.

By this time they have, no doubt, found that I have escaped.