evident that the cardinal ' s . - 접 기 I came to a rocky knoll which rose out evident that the cardinal ' s . of the forest . Keeping well in shelter I climbed to the top and cautiously looked around me . Away to the east I saw the vale of a river with broad fields and church - spires . West and south the forest rolled unbroken in a wilderness of snowy tree - tops . There was no sign of life anywhere , not even a bird , but I knew very well that behind me in the woods were men movingswiftly on my track , and that it was pretty well impossible for me to get away . There was nothing for it but to go on till I dropped or was taken . I shaped my course south with a shade of west evident that the cardinal ' s . in it , for the map showed me that in that direction I would soonest strike the Danube . What I was going to do when I got there I didn ' t trouble to think . I had fixed the river as my immediate goal and the 접 기