We shall be ready to support you, if you are chased." "If I am chased by half a dozen men, I may run here, sir; if by a strong force, I shall strike across the country.

Trust me to double and throw them off the scent.

If I am not back here in an hour, it will be that I am taken, or have had to trust to my heels; and you will find me, in the last case, tomorrow morning at the wood where we halted today.

If I do not come soon after daybreak, you will know that I am either captured or killed.

Do not delay for me longer, but act as seems best to you." Pierre took off his armour and sped away in the darkness, going at a trot that would speedily take him to the village.
"Dismount and stand by your horses," Philip ordered.