Quotation from: Lost Continent

Written by: Edgar Rice Burroughs

As we stood there we heard the sound of voices. They were
coming from the forest through which we had passed when we
had come from camp.

"They are searching for me," said the girl. "Where shall we
hide?"

I didn't relish hiding. But when I thought of the
innumerable dangers which surrounded us and the
comparatively small amount of ammunition that I had with me,
I hesitated to provoke a battle with Buckingham and his
warriors when, by flight, I could avoid them and preserve my
cartridges against emergencies which could not be escaped.