RalphMeetethWithAnotherAdventureintheWoodUndertheMountainSoonthewoodgrewverythickofpine-trees，thoughtherewasnoundergrowth，sothatwhenthesunsankitgrewdarkveryspeedily；buthestillrodeoninthedusk，andtherewerebutfewwildthings，andthosemostlyvoiceless，inthewood，anditwaswithoutwindandverystill。

　　Nowhethoughtheheardthesoundofahorsegoingbehindhimorononeside，andhewonderedwhetherthechacewereup，andhastenedwhathemight，tillatlastitgrewblacknight，andhewasconstrainedtoabide。Sohegotoffhishorse，andleanedhisbackagainstatree，andhadthebeast’sreinsoverhisarm；andnowhelistenedagaincarefully，andwasquitesurethathecouldhearthefootstepsofsomehard-footedbeastgoingnowisefarfromhim。Helaughedinwardly，andsaidtohimself：

　　“Ifthechacerweretopassbutthreefeetfrommynoseheshouldbenonethewiserbutifhehearmeormyhorse。”

　　Andtherewithhecastalapofhiscloakoverthehorse’shead，lestheshouldwhinnyifhebecameawareoftheotherbeast；

　　andsotherehestoodabiding，andthenoisegrewgreatertillbecouldhearclearlythehorse-hoofsdrawingnigh，tilltheycameverynigh，andthenstopped。

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