"How many are there of them, do you think, Roger?"
"A dozen or so, master."
"Yes, I should think you are right. However, it makes no difference;
were there ten times as many, they would not catch us, tonight."
Chapter 14: In Hiding.
The moment the horsemen had gone by, Oswald and Roger hastily dressed
again. It was three or four minutes before the girls joined them.
"We have been a long time, Oswald, but our fingers are so cold that we
could not tie the strings."
"You will soon be warm. Climbing the hill will set your blood in
motion."
There was no hurry now. They were safe until the morning.
"We will make up the hill until you are thoroughly warm, and then we
will discuss matters."
Before they were very far up the ascent, both girls declared that they
were comfortably warm again.
"Well, Roger, what do you think our best course will be? The Bairds
have, of course, sent horsemen along the other road. They will have
heard, from the priest, that we have but a few minutes' start; and will
know that we cannot have gone far. The party who passed us will
doubtless stop at Parton, the other at the next village higher up; and
they will be sure that either we concealed ourselves as they passed, or
have taken to the hills on one side or other of the valley.
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