“Because the bushes are pushed aside in a number of places.”
“That might have been done by a stray cow, Dan.”
“Cows don’t stray away as far as this,” he laughed.
“Perhaps not. Well, let us hope we are on the right track.”
It did not take us long to reach the main road. We looked up and down. Not a soul was in sight.
“I did not expect to see any one,” I said. “They have several hours’ start of us.”
“Which way shall we go?”
“I hardly know. If I am not mistaken, there is a farmhouse just beyond the bend. Let us ask for information there.”
“By all means.”