 The priest sometimes lets 'em go loose at night.That's why them niggers was carryin' torch-lights, so as to frighten 'em off.They'm feared of light, same as wild beasts..."

There follows a mad chase, as Captain Jat and Pibby race for the boat, pursued by the dogs; they throw away their lantern, and are forced to run through a creek, and their pistols are temporarily rendered useless because the priming is wet.