121. Just after dinner, the king saw John Canty and Hugo coming towards the gate.
122. He slipped away.
123. He did not look back until he was deep in the forest.
124. As he went on, the forest became denser.
125. He was scared to think that he would have to spend the night along in such a terrible place.
126. How glad he was when he saw a small light.
127. IT came from the window of a little hut.
128. He walked to it carefully and looked inside.
129. The room was small and the floor was dirt.
130. In a corner he saw a bed with some blankets.
131. An old man in a sheepskin robe was prying near a candle.
132. "A holy hermit!" the king said to himself.
133. He knocked, and the hermit answered in a deep voice, "Come in."