No doubt they would have given him money, had they not feared to hurt his feelings.
“I don’t know how to thank you two,” he said. “You have been most frightfully kind.”
“The least we could do,” Anton said, “after nearly murdering you in the dark, as I did.”
They brought him out to the stables, where they saddled a horse for him.
“He will take you to Anselmo all right,” Anton said. “The question is, will you be able to find your way there?”
“I will try,” Hi said.
“Not so easy,” Anton said. “Look there.”
From where he stood Hi could see nothing but great swathes of rolling forest, amid a mist that was lifting and falling as though it were alive.
“You see that it is not easy,” Anton said, “even when you get out of the forest.”
“I think I’ll find it all right,” Hi said. “I’m good at finding my way.”