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They will know that he ca n't have gone down the road , and it will take them fully two hours to search the fort , and all over the rock . It will be eight o'clock before they set out in pursuit , and by that time we ought to be well on the road between Cenopatam and Anicull . `` If we can manage to buy horses at Cenopatam , of course we will do so . We shall be there by five o'clock , and ought to be able to get them in a couple of hours . Once on horseback , we are safe . I do n't think they will pursue very far -- perhaps not even so far as Cenopatam ; for the governor will see that he had better not make any fuss about a white captive having escaped , when it was not known that he had one there at all . I think it more likely that , when he finds Father has got fairly away , he will take no steps at all .