Then he boldly hurried into the open, and soon reached an old wagon, from behind which he proposed to watch.

He could not see either window or door of the store, but if any of the Jorth contingent came out the back way they would be within reach of his rifle.

Jean took the risk of being shot at from either side.
So sharp and roving was his sight that he soon espied Colmor slipping along behind the trees some hundred yards to the left.

All his efforts to catch a glimpse of Bill, however, were fruitless.

And this appeared strange to Jean, for there were several good places on the right from which Bill could have commanded the front of Greaves's store and the whole west side.
Colmor disappeared among some shrubbery, and Jean seemed left alone to watch a deserted, silent village.