As she made a second advance it brought her so near to him that, when he returned, she was within two yards of him.
She was almost sure he could hear her breathing and the heavy beating of her heart; for both sounded to her very loud. But he turned back again, toward the other wall.
She crawled on, and was beyond him when he came back.
When she made her next advance and stopped, she was well beyond him.
Then came a terrifying thing.
The discovery of her escape was announced by low calls from the huts, and by the hurried tramp of feet. Men were rushing about in there, and she knew what it meant.
The guard heard the sound, and turned his attention to the valley.
“What’s broke loose?” she heard one of the sentries ask on the wall.
She crept on, snaillike, it seemed to her, hugging the ground. Then she heard the dogs being called, and their baying, as they began to search for her trail.
One of the guards on the wall voiced his disapproval of this move.