I wishedwishI had a light to smoke by , little suspecting the meaning of the minute gleamgleamI had seenseeand all that it would presently bring me .
I thought it the most prudent method to lie still , and my designdesignwas to continue so till night , when , my left hand being already loose , I could easily free myself : and as for the inhabitants , I had reason to believe I might be a match for the greatest army they could bring against me , if they were all of the same size with him that I sawsee.
Casually glancingglanceover the hedge , Oak sawseecomingcomedown the incline before him an ornamental spring waggon , painted yellow and gaily marked , drawndrawby two horses , a waggoner walkingwalkalongside bearingbeara whip perpendicularly .