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FRESKEL VALDEN did not return with the hunting party to Carfoos, nor / did he go home with Grubert, his children and his guest. He managed to / slip away unobserved, and betook himself to several different places / in the forest where he had set traps and snares. In one of these he / found a cock-of-the-woods, in another a hare, which he hid away in some / secret nook known only to himself, there to await his convenience in / the matter of carrying them home or to Pastor Oshart.
He had some food in his pocket, with which to satisfy the cravings of / hunger. And as soon as it was dark, (which at this season was before / four o'clock in the afternoon), he turned his steps towards the lake, / and reaching its margin, took a long, careful look round, then crossed / over at a rapid run, and was soon hidden in the shadow of the rocky / island.