roads

“Well, my boys,” said the brigadier, “the brigand must really have escaped early this morning; but we will send to the Villers-Coterets and Noyon roads, and search the forest, when we shall catch him, no doubt.”

There were several roads nearby, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks.

There was no sign of it, however, and so it became evident that it had turned down one of several side roads which I had observed.

One evening, after a day of accustomed vigil at the angle of two roads leading to Marseilles from the Catalans, she returned to her home more depressed than ever.