Keeping near the trees, he walked perhaps a hundred yards, then saw to his relief that there were a number of rough bushes that were not high enough to cover a man standing up, but would be quite effective if he crawled amongst them.
Remembering how he had often crawled with his men on the bare mountains of Portugal when making a surprise attack, and how uncomfortable it had been sleeping in the open with little or no protection, Lord Cheriton lowered himself to the ground.
He then began to crawl through the bushes in the direction he wished to go.
It was some way to reach his objective and it was certainly an uncomfortable way to travel.
Lord Cheriton was, however, in no hurry, as the night was still young, and he guessed that the smugglers would be unlikely to arrive until the early
