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But to-morrow he will know that you have dodged him by going through the ` Roman Gate ' and to-morrow night you can safely reckon upon him . '' Szilard charged Juon not to say a word to anybody about what he had told him and promised him a reward if what he had said really came to pass . That night nothing happened , and till the afternoon of the next day he lingered idly at the mill . Towards midday they heard in the forest a loud barking of dogs ; the miller said it was no doubt the lord of the manor hunting bears . `` He chooses a very inopportune time , '' growled Vamhidy , `` he will scare _ my _ game away . '' The hunters were not long in issuing from the forest , they seemed to have lost the track of the bear . Vamhidy sent word to the gentlemen that he would be much obliged to them if they would postpone their amusement to some more convenient season as business of a graver sort was going on here .