"Up—up!" said Lupin, "there is a turn in the lane just ahead of us, and when we reach that we must get over the hedge and hide. I don't know that they are actually after us, but there are horsemen in the lane coming from Highgate."
Todd got up as far as his hands and knees, and then, as his ears were close to the ground, he said—
"We are lost, for I can hear horsemen coming from the other direction too."
"The deuce you can!"
Mr. Lupin stooped to listen, and in a moment he was assured of the fact. He seized Mr. Todd by the collar, saying—
"Now, Todd, if you want to escape, rouse yourself and follow me; but if you don't care about it, say so at once, and I will look after my own safety."
"Care about it?" cried Todd, "what else do you suppose I care about in all the world?"
"Come on, then."
"Here I am. Oh, yes I'm coming on—as quick as you like now, Lupin. The dread of capture banishes all fatigue. I can now run like a hunted hare."
"There is no occasion," said Lupin. "This way. We must hide now; speed would do us but little good against horsemen.—This way."