An army builds a road along the line of the least resis-tance; and often, when a promontory thrust itsrocky nose into the river, the way led up the hill through the forest, getting back into the valley againas best it could. During these inland excursions, the monk, evidently unused to equestrianism, fellbehind, and sometimes the whole troop was halted by command of its chief, until Gottlieb, clingingto his horse`s mane, emerged the thicket, the Archbishop curbing the impatience of his chargerand watching, with a cynical smile curling his stern lips, the reappearance of the good father.