Then there will be no occasion to take the long journey so often.

When we do get my cousin out, we shall have to take up our abode, for a time, either here or in the forest, until he is well enough to bear the journey." In the morning Stanley closely examined the roof of the cave, but could see no opening to account for the noise that he had heard.

He had, however, no doubt that one existed somewhere.

He left a man with the two boys in charge of the horses, and went with the others until they approached the edge of the forest.

They kept along within the trees for half a mile, so that any fire they might light would be unseen by people travelling along the road.