... his keys, walked out the door and into the forest. After a while of walking round the forest, which he did not know his way around, in the pitch black of night he came to a road. There before him, stood on the road was the distinct figure of a man, "motionless in the gloom". He had already known that his chance of escape was very slender, but he thought, "even an added hour of freedom was worth it". Orrin Bower knew that it was too late to turn back. He felt that with the first movement he made, he would be shot. They both stood there, silently, until the man lifted his arm and pointed in the direction he wanted Orrin Bower to walk. At this point in the story the writer does not give any clues to who the man is. This is a good technique he has ...

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