En jetant un regard en arriere, ils aperçurent la sentinelle perdue appuyée sur son fusil ; cette silhouette leur indiquait la frontiere du peuple des Élus et devant eux ils crurent voir enfin briller l’aurore de la liberté.
Beyond his post the path broadened out, and the horses were able to break into a trot. Looking back, they could see the solitary watcher leaning upon his gun, and knew that they had passed the outlying post of the chosen people, and that freedom lay before them.