She pointed it out.

"You are right, but that is the course of that bad man, who doesn't
like you. We will go around, so as not to see him again."

She was satisfied, and gave her attention to Alice, who thought it
odd that she and Ben should have so many disputes.

Over the varying surface, turning aside now and then to pass some
obstacle in the shape of rocks or ravines--now up hill and down,
among the dense trees, where the briars and bushes scratched their
hands and faces, across small rippling streams and natural clearings
--they pushed on until the sun was far beyond meridian and the
halt and rest were grateful.

"I don't think we need give any more thought to Zitner," said Ben;
"and I am sure we are all glad. He could not find us now, if he
tried."

"If they kept to their course, we must be several miles apart."

"I have been working my way back, so that, after all, I do not
think we have lost much ground. I hope Miss Linna is satisfied."

"She would make complaint if she was not."

They had stopped near another of the small running streams, for it
was harder to do without water than food.

"I'm hungry, mother."