They heard the sounds of hooves walking on the forest floor. It was rutted and …show more content… They gave each other frantic looks and ducked down. At this point it ran nearly from South-west to North-east, and on their right it fell quickly down into a wide hollow. They were on the top of a sloping bank, and the Road, now dim as evening drew on, wound away below them.
They galloped their ponies over the last furlongs, and halted under the long shadows of the trees.
The land was now open and fairly level, and they quickened their pace, but the sun was already sinking low when at last they saw a line of tall trees ahead, and they knew that they had come back to the Road after many unexpected adventures. “They climbed down and out of the dike through a gap in the wall, and then Tom turned due north, for they had been bearing somewhat to the west.
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